Rooster Teeth
American production company
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| February 5 2025 | Burnie Burns announced he acquired the Rooster Teeth brand and some of its remaining intellectual property through his company Box Canyon Productions, with plans to return some Rooster Teeth productions and reimagine his first film, The Schedule. |
| July 2024 | RWBY franchise was sold to Viz Media as part of Warner Bros. Discovery's intellectual property divestment strategy. |
| May 15 2024 | Rooster Teeth website was updated with a final goodbye message, marking the official end of the company's online presence. |
| April 2024 | The Roost Podcast Network was sold to talent management company Night. |
| April 15 2024 | Rooster Teeth announced that the First program, website, and apps would shut down on May 15, 2024. |
| March 6 2024 | General manager Jordan Levin announced the closure of Rooster Teeth over the next several months, citing fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and monetization, with subscriber numbers significantly dropped and the company being unprofitable for a decade. |
| 2023 | Rooster Teeth underwent a significant rebranding, changing its logo from a rooster icon with novelty teeth to a stylized 'R' with a rooster-like appearance, and shifting from a red and black to a red and blue color scheme. The company also adopted a new slogan: 'Just Playing'. |
| September 18 2023 | Rooster Teeth announces that Achievement Hunter will be converted into an archive channel, with all members moving on to other projects. |
| July 7 2023 | At RTX convention, Rooster Teeth announced Camp Camp would return with new episodes on March 1, 2024. |
| July 7 2023 | RTX Convention held in Austin, serving as the finale of Rooster Teeth's 20th anniversary celebrations. |
| April 1 2023 | Rooster Teeth celebrated its 20th anniversary by launching a 20-week campaign featuring nostalgic content, including deep cuts, one-off episodes, and fan favorites. |
| October 2022 | Kdin Jenzen, a former Achievement Hunter employee, publicly shared experiences of workplace abuse, including allegations of crunch culture, unfair compensation, and homophobic and transphobic treatment by upper management. This led to public apologies from Achievement Hunter cast members, including co-founder Geoff Ramsey. |
| April 2022 | Rooster Teeth was included in the merger that formed Warner Bros. Discovery. |
| March 2022 | Rooster Teeth and WarnerMedia Access announced the creation of the Rooster Teeth Digital Creators Program to support underrepresented talent. |
| 2021 | Anthony Padilla, Grace Helbig, and Mamrie Hart launched podcasts with The Roost. |
| 2021 | Rooster Teeth Games released 'RWBY: Grimm Eclipse - Definitive Edition' on Nintendo Switch, published by Aspyr. |
| December 23 2021 | Second season of gen:LOCK concluded. |
| November 4 2021 | Second season of gen:LOCK premiered on HBO Max. |
| April 2021 | Reports emerged that AT&T was looking to sell Rooster Teeth, with the company's revenue having dropped nearly $20 million in 2019. |
| January 2021 | Rooster Teeth and AEW partnered to create the podcast Wrestling With The Week. |
| January 5 2021 | Announcement that Inside Gaming daily would end, with all hosts joining Funhaus, though the weekend round-up would continue. |
| 2020 | Amazon Prime Video sponsors a promotional episode of Death Battle to advertise the second season of The Boys. |
| 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rooster Teeth shortened their Extra Life stream to 12 hours, raising US$1,163,801 for Dell Children's Medical Center. |
| October 2020 | Ryan Haywood from Achievement Hunter and Adam Kovic from Funhaus were involved in separate scandals involving leaked nudes, with Kovic parting ways from the company and Haywood being fired after multiple allegations of grooming underage fans. |
| October 2020 | The Roost began representing the prop collecting podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of. |
| October 2020 | Adam Kovic departs Funhaus after breaching the company's code of conduct. |
| October 2020 | Alanah Pearce announces her departure from Funhaus. |
| October 2020 | Autumn Farrell, Alanah Pearce depart from Inside Gaming. |
| September 15 2020 | RTX 2020, dubbed 'RTX at Home', is held virtually from September 15 to 25 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| August 2020 | A.J Feliciano became the head of The Roost podcast network. |
| August 2020 | Rooster Teeth announced a review of its online content library as part of a diversity initiative. |
| June 2020 | Heyman was laid off from Rooster Teeth and would no longer perform in Red vs. Blue. Burnie Burns resigned, maintaining a first-look deal with Rooster Teeth. |
| 2019 | ScrewAttack rebrands to focus exclusively on Death Battle, and the show is subsequently acquired by Rooster Teeth, with all existing content moved to the Rooster Teeth website. |
| 2019 | Bruce Greene and Lawrence Sonntag leave Inside Gaming. |
| 2019 | Raised US$1,222,371 during the Extra Life stream for Dell Children's Medical Center. |
| 2019 | Rooster Teeth Games published several RWBY-related games: 'RWBY Deckbuilding Game' on Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS, 'RWBY: Crystal Quest' on Android and iOS, and developed and published 'Vicious Circle', an uncooperative multiplayer shooter announced on Rooster Teeth Podcast Episode 526. |
| December 31 2019 | Cow Chop posted their final video, officially closing down the channel. |
| December 13 2019 | Joe Clary and Sean Hinz were promoted to co-heads of the Rooster Teeth Animation department, replacing Gray Haddock. |
| November 2019 | Vicious Circle transitioned to a free-to-play model, with refunds offered to previous full-price purchasers. |
| November 23 2019 | Rooster Teeth terminated Michael Quinn's employment following his arrest for domestic assault. |
| November 20 2019 | Michael Quinn, Rooster Teeth's Vice President of Product Research and Engineering, was arrested for assaulting his wife. He was subsequently fired from the company three days after his arrest. |
| October 24 2019 | Series was renewed for a second season. |
| September 2019 | Jordan Levin was named general manager. Matt Hullum stepped down as CEO to become Chief Content Officer, Burnie Burns transitioned to executive producer, and Geoff Ramsey became executive creative director. |
| September 12 2019 | Rooster Teeth announced layoffs of 13% of its workforce, approximately 50 employees. |
| August 2019 | Rooster Teeth Games released Vicious Circle, described as an 'uncooperative shooter'. |
| August 3 2019 | Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, and Michael Jones filmed an Immersion episode for Discovery Channel's Shark Week, involving mechanical shark demonstrations, riding a mechanical shark, and diving with sharks alongside expert Luke Tipple. |
| June 2019 | Anonymous Glassdoor reviews exposed a toxic work culture at Rooster Teeth Animation, revealing long and unpaid hours, poor management, and over-reliance on temporary employees. In response, Gray Haddock, Head of Animation, stepped down two days after these allegations. |
| June 1 2019 | Fourth season of Camp Camp premiered on the Rooster Teeth site. |
| May 2019 | Sugar Pine 7 announced their departure from the Rooster Teeth family. |
| May 20 2019 | Fourth season of Camp Camp was announced. |
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