The original Rooster Teeth logo, featuring the Rooster and a set of Chattering Teeth
The team in charge of RWBY
Rooster Teeth Productions was an American production company based in Austin, Texas and a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Primarily known for their flagship series, Red vs. Blue,[1] Rooster Teeth and its daughter website, Achievement Hunter, produced a variety of machinima, live-action videos, Let's Plays and in-game shorts.
On November 6th, 2012, Rooster Teeth released the first trailer for RWBY after the credits for Season 10 of Red vs. Blue. RWBY was Rooster Teeth's first series that is purely animated, with no video game or live action component. The first episode, "Ruby Rose", premiered at RTX on July 5th, 2013,[2] while the public release was two weeks later on July 18th.[3]
On April 1st, 2013, Rooster Teeth celebrated its 10th birthday, creating a "10 Year Retrospective" video which spawned numerous spinoffs by fans.
In 2014, Rooster Teeth was acquired by Otter Media subsidiary Fullscreen alongside ScrewAttack with ScrewAttack operating as a division of Rooster Teeth as a result. Rooster Teeth agreed to be bought by the company to give itself the tools and resources needed to compete against other producers.
On February 1st, 2015, one of the creators of RWBY, Monty Oum, passed away due to a severe allergic reaction. Though the fate of the series was originally unknown, Monty's friends and series co-creators Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross eventually revealed their intent to continue the series in his honor.
On January 26th, 2018, Fullscreen president and Former COO Ezra Cooperstein was appointed as president of Rooster Teeth until he later stepped down on April 26th, 2019.
On August 7th, 2018, AT&T acquired the remaining stakes of Rooster Teeth's parent company Otter Media with both companies operating as a division of WarnerMedia as a result.
On April 8th, 2022, AT&T spun off WarnerMedia to merge with Discovery, Inc for 43 Billion dollars to create Warner Bros. Discovery with Rooster Teeth and its parent company Otter Media working under the new company.
On March 6th, 2024, it was announced that Rooster Teeth was closing its doors after 21 years with its intellectual properties, including "RWBY", scheduled to be sold off to potential buyers.[4]
On April 15th, 2024, it was announced that the Rooster Teeth website and app would shutdown on May 15th, 2024.[5]
While most employees left on May 10th, other remaining members stayed until the shutdown with their last job being to update the website to feature a final goodbye message. Some employees, like Kerry Shawcross, stayed until July 12th "to help wind things down".[6]
On July 5th, 2024, it was revealed that RWBY was acquired by VIZ Media, who would take over production for the series.
Games released by Rooster Teeth Games (Rooster Teeth's video game division)[]
- RWBY games
- Other projects
- Bendy and the Ink Machine (2017-2018 horror video game) (ports)
Projects created with other developers[]
- RWBY: Ice Queendom (Anime produced with help from studio SHAFT)
- RWBY: Ice Queendom Manga