Cineverse Podcast Network Announces New Scripted Audio Series ‘Dead Space: Deep Cover’ in Collaboration With Electronic Arts

Cineverse June 15 announced that its multiplatform horror brand, Bloody Disgusting, will produce a new scripted podcast series titled “Dead Space: Deep Cover” in cooperation with video game publisher Electronic Arts.

Based on the “Dead Space” video game series, the podcast’s storyline is set in the universe of the survival horror franchise known for its intense gameplay and atmospheric storytelling. The games and this year’s remake garnered critical acclaim for their immersive mechanics, and innovative features like strategic dismemberment, and dark, suspenseful narrative.

In Dead Space: Deep Cover, a journalist searches for her sister, who reportedly joined a local Unitologist church. As she delves into the mysterious world of this church, she uncovers internal conflicts, strange customs and the personal sacrifices she must make to reunite with her sister.

The podcast will be written by Ben Counter, a sci-fi writer known for his work in the “Warhammer 40,000” franchise. Counter has written more than a dozen novels, his own original podcast “Out of Place,” and has worked on Cineverse podcasts, including “SCP Archives” and “Mayfair Watchers Society.”

Tom Owen, managing director of Bloody Disgusting/Cinedigm, said podcasts have experienced an “explosive surge” in recent years, which he said has opened up opportunities for untold stories waiting to be crafted into a scripted audio series.

“Collaborating with a company like EA has brought us access to an incredible IP, and we are thrilled to bring this podcast to fans of both horror and gaming,” Owen said in a statement.

Bloody FM has a growing lineup of audio shows that are part of the Cineverse Podcast Network. With more than four million monthly downloads, the network’s 25 horror podcasts, both fiction and non-fiction, cover everything from the sinister anthology Scare You To Sleep to the Stephen King-inspired The Losers’ Club to SCP Archives Presents, which dives deep into the darkness of the internet’s most amazing stories.

The company’s most popular podcast Creepy, receives more than a million monthly downloads alone and gives voice to urban legends and horror stories primarily posted online. The Bloody Disgusting Original Podcast “Mayfair Watchers Society” has been named one of the most popular podcasts of 2022 by Apple and finished the year as a top 50 show and the top 1% most followed podcast on Spotify in 2022.