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Rooster Teeth Productions was a production group that specializes in the creation of machinima, or films created using real-time, interactive engines from computer and video games. They are best known for the creation ofRed vs. Blue which led to the creation ofReconstruction, the miniseriesRelocated andRecreation. The name originates from a common insult in Red vs. Blue, "cockbite." As such, the company logo consists of a silhouette of a rooster and a wind-up chattering teeth toy.

Further connection with theHalo series comes from theAchievement Hunter part of the company, which focusses on gaming. Several of their series, such asFails of the Weak andAchievement HORSE are centered around theHalo games, although lately other games have been used with these concepts as well. TheHalo games are also featured in several other Achievement Hunter shows.

History[edit]

While attending the University of Austin at Texas in 1997, students Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns worked with actor Joel Heyman to produce an independent film,The Schedule. The film had limited success and Burns began working at a local communications company, while Hullum and Heyman continued seeking filmography work in Los Angeles. While in Austin, Burns met Geoff Ramsey, Gus Sorola, Jason Saldaña, and Dan Godwin. In 2003, the five formed drunkgamers.com, a video game review website in which the five would review games while drunk in an attempt to get free video games. The group extensively playedHalo: Combat Evolved and in a multiplayer match, they discussed if theWarthog looked like a puma. This led to the creation ofRed vs. Blue, a machinima series created with theCombat Evolved engine that was intended to last for six to eight episodes. Hullum and Heyman were contacted to work on the series with them. However, while drunkgamers.com was successful to some degree, the website ended shortly after the first episode of Red vs. Blue aired.^[1]

However, Red vs. Blue's success led to the creation of Rooster Teeth. The series is still active as of 2014 and has received recognition and support from its large fan base and evenBungie Studios. In 2006, Rooster Teeth Productions formed its own webcomic series,Rooster Teeth Comics. The strip portrays the staff members in humorous situations often relating to real life events in the lives of the staff, or other widely recognized current events. It was drawn by Luke McKay, a Rooster Teeth employee, and written by Griffon Ramsey, the wife ofGeoff Ramsey. The series was discontinued on August 20, 2011.^[2]

In 2006, Geoff Ramsey formed Achievement Hunter after realizing that there was a lack ofXbox 360 achievement guides. Achievement Hunter was received with very positive reviews and has since created numerousHalo-related series with the website. In late 2007, Rooster Teeth created aHalo 3 multiplayer gametype calledGrifball, played on the maps Foundry and Sandbox. Bungie has included the gametype in Double EXP Weekends inHalo 3. Rooster Teeth has organized an official Grifball league.

On March 6, 2024 it was announced that Warner Bros. Discovery took the decision to shut down Rooster Teeth Productions due to, according to Rooster Teeth general manager Jordan Levin, "challenges facing digital media resulting from fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and monetization across platforms, advertising, and patronage". While "The Roost Podcast Network" will continue into operation, the status of their content and IPs such asRed vs Blue,RWBY andGen:LOCK was, at that time unknown.^[3]

Rooster Teeth officially shut down on May 15, 2024, with theRWBY IP being sold to VIZ Media a few months later. On February 5, 2025, co-founder Burnie Burns announced that he and his wife Ashley Burns acquired the Rooster Teeth brand and its remaining intellectual property through his company Box Canyon Productions; some of the IPs that remained under the RT brand wereRed vs. Blue andCamp Camp.^[4]

Halo-based Projects[edit]

• The Blood Gulch Chronicles
  • Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles - The original series composed of five seasons.
  • Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind - A miniseries in between Season 4 and Season 5 ofThe Blood Gulch Chronicles.
• The Recollection
  • Red vs. Blue: Recovery One - Taking place afterOut of Mind, this miniseries sets upReconstruction and theRecollection story arc.
  • Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction - A sequel series taking place afterThe Blood Gulch Chronicles andRecovery One. This begins the three seasonRecollection story arc.
  • Red vs. Blue: Relocated - A miniseries that takes place betweenReconstruction andRecreation.
  • Red vs. Blue: Recreation - The series set up byRelocated.
  • Red vs. Blue: Revelation - The series that conclusion theRecollection story arc.
• Project Freelancer
  • Red vs. Blue: Season 9 - A sequel and prequel series that tells the events after theRecollection story arc, as prior toThe Blood Gulch Chronicles story arc.
  • Red vs. Blue: MIA - A miniseries follow the Reds and Blues as they search for Grif, who is missing.
  • Red vs. Blue: Where There's a Will, There's a Wall - A miniseries relating to the Reds attempting to find out what is behind the wall in Hemorrhage, while the Blues receive a Falcon transport as a shipment and what they plan to do with it.
  • Red vs. Blue: Season 10 - A continuation from the two separate plot parts of Season 9, with Church now out of the memory unit and the Freelancer back story approaches closer to events that lead to the Blood Gulch Chronicles and Recollections.
• Chorus Saga
  • Red vs. Blue: Season 11 - A sequel series that takes place sometime after the present-day events of Season 10, and follows the adventures of the Reds and Blues after their ship crash lands in anunknown location.
  • Red vs. Blue: Season 12 - Following the previous season, Tucker, Grif, Caboose, and Simmons join the New Republic to rescue the captured Reds and Blues.
  • Red vs. Blue: Season 13 - The end of the Chorus Saga.
• Red vs. Blue: Season 14 - An anthology exploring original stories from the Red vs. Blue universe, as well as non-canon stories.
• The Shisno Trilogy
  • Red vs. Blue: Season 15 - A series of terrorist attacks supposedly caused by the Reds and Blues drives a journalist to find the truth behind these attacks
  • Red vs. Blue: The Shisno Paradox - After saving Earth, the Reds and Blues are forced to face godly forces that threaten to destabilize the universe.
  • Red vs. Blue: Singularity - Donut and Washington are forced to revive their adventures to free their friends and stop Chrovos once and for all.
• Red vs. Blue: Zero - A new cast of characters, the "Shatter Squad", fight against an organization led by someone named "Zero", who tries to acquire the ultimate power.
• Red vs. Blue: Restoration - The nineteenth and final season, it shows Sigma's return and the Reds and Blue's final battle against him.
• Team Slipspace: An Epic Grifball Saga

Trivia[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

• Several of the Rooster Teeth employees, notably the voice actors of main cast ofRed vs. Blue, were featured in theHalo 3 levelCrow's Nest, in whichtwo Marines are seen arguing over a password. The voices vary depending on difficulty.^[5]
• OnBungie Day 2010, two months before the launch ofHalo: Reach, Rooster Teeth released aRed vs. Blue short featuring the characters of the Machinima previewingHemorrhage, theReach remake of the originalHalo: Combat Evolved multiplayer mapBlood Gulch.
• Jen Taylor,Cortana/Catherine Halsey/The Weapon voice actress, voicedSalem onRWBY.^[6] She repeated that role for the short video seriesRWBY: World of Remnant.
• Travis Willingham,Frederic-104's,Jul 'Mdama's andPaul DeMarco's voiced actor, voiced an Atlas Ship Captain on RWBY Season 3, and Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp.
• Laura Bailey,Olympia Vale's voices actress, voicedAmber on RWBY Season 3.

References[edit]

• In theHalo 2 multiplayer mapTurf, there are two soda machines referencing the Rooster Teeth logo. One has a picture of a rooster with a blue silhouette on it, and the other has teeth with a red and green silhouette. One of them is near the tent and the other is in the "warehouse", the room with the swing doors. This Easter Egg was referenced in theRed vs. Blue season five DVD in which Church shows Doc the logo. Despite Church's many hints to Doc, the latter never gets it and just thinks that it says "Soda pop".
• InHalo: Reach, some of the soldiers names in theFireteam mechanic are the names of some Rooster Teeth employees.
• InHalo Infinite, the mapBazaar features a sign for "The Roost Star", with the name and logo on the sign references to the company.

Sources[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Site

• Companies