Rooster Teeth

American production company

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August 7 2025 After a period of open beta, the Rooster Teeth website was officially relaunched, as announced on the podcast Morning Somewhere.
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.
May 7 2024 Rooster Teeth Animation produced 'Red vs. Blue: Restoration', a sci-fi comedy film distributed by Warner Bros Home Entertainment, serving as the film conclusion of the Red vs. Blue series.
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 Announced the shutdown of the company.
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'.
December 5 2023 The Complete Adventure of 'Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen' was released.
October 17 2023 Part 2 of 'Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen' was released.
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 25 2023 Rooster Teeth Animation, Warner Bros Animation, and DC Entertainment collaborated on 'Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen', a superhero action film distributed by Warner Bros Home Entertainment.
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.
November 14 2022 Rooster Teeth Games published 'RWBY: Arrowfell', a video game developed by WayForward, Limited Run Games, Arc System Works for multiple platforms including PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Nintendo Switch.
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.
April 4 2022 An interactive sci-fi comedy titled 'In Space with Markiplier' was released, with a follow-up on May 2, 2022.
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.
January 1 2021 I Have Notes podcast by Rooster Teeth begins
2020 Jeff Williams released the RWBY Volume 7 Soundtrack album
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.
August 22 2020 Debut of 'Barbara Vlogs' series by Rooster Teeth
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.
May 1 2020 Good Morning from Hell podcast by Rooster Teeth premieres
2019 Jeff Williams released the RWBY Volume 6 Soundtrack album
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.

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