Rooster Teeth#Funhaus

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While attending the University of Texas at Austin, Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum collaborated with actor Joel Heyman making The Schedule, a 1997 independent film.Moltenbrey, Gross. The movie helped Hullum and Heyman to find work in Los Angeles, but otherwise had limited success.Moltenbrey While working for a local company named Telenetwork, Burns later met Geoff Ramsey (then named Geoff Fink), Gustavo Sorola, Dan Godwin, and Jason Saldaña; the five formed drunkgamers.com, a website where they reviewed various video games while drunk.Gross; Konow, 1. According to Ramsey, the group tried to receive free games to review, but "incurred the wrath" of several game developers in doing so.Konow, 1.

One of the non-gameplay videos that the drunkgamers crew created during this time was a live-action parody of the Apple Switch ad campaign. This video featured Sorola as the main actor, used Peter Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" as background music, and focused on the lack of games available for the Apple Macintosh computer.Mac Gamer Switch Parody. Sorola and Burns said that the name was changed from 'Drunk Tank Podcast' to 'Rooster Teeth Podcast' for the same reason that 'Drunk Gamers' was changed to 'Rooster Teeth': Nobody would give games or sponsor something with 'drunk' in the title "because it was so unprofessional."{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=174 |title=Rooster Teeth · RT Podcast #174 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201120555/http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=174 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=December 9, 2013}} Burns said of the name change, "We named it something else to give people the idea that we were going to be doing more than that".{{cite magazine |last=Brouwer |first=Bree |title=Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns And Gavin Free Reminisce About The Brand, Online Video's Past |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/breebrouwer/2016/07/08/rooster-teeth-online-video-history-burnie-burns-gavin-free/#30e1806119b5 |magazine=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708174827/http://www.forbes.com/sites/breebrouwer/2016/07/08/rooster-teeth-online-video-history-burnie-burns-gavin-free/#30e1806119b5 |archive-date=July 8, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}} The name "Rooster Teeth" is a euphemism for "cockbite", an insult from the original Red vs. Blue trailer that Burns described as a "touchstone for the audience".{{harvnb|Oliver|2005}}{{cite web |url=http://newmediarockstars.com/2012/10/a-red-vs-blue-interview-burnie-burns-of-rooster-teeth-on-killstreaks-infonauts/ |title=A 'Red vs. Blue' Interview: Burns Burns of Rooster Teeth On Killstreaks & 'Infonauts' |date=October 24, 2012 |website=NewMediaRockstars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317012630/http://newmediarockstars.com/2012/10/a-red-vs-blue-interview-burnie-burns-of-rooster-teeth-on-killstreaks-infonauts/ |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |access-date=July 27, 2016}}

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Among the company's core philosophies, Burns said, "we only make content that we would want to see... it comes from a very genuine space. I think that our audience appreciates that voice". As of 2017, production costs for an episode vary from $15,000 to $100,000.

Rooster Teeth's business strategy was a hybrid model composed of subscriptions, preroll ads, YouTube preroll ads, licensed studio productions, branded merchandise, and annual live events.{{cite magazine |last=James |first=Geoffrey |title=Can These 2 Gen-X Founders Leapfrog Over Netflix? |url=https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/can-these-two-gen-x-entrepreneurs-leapfrog-over-netflix.html |magazine=Inc |access-date=October 4, 2017}}

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Rooster Teeth has attributed their success to maintaining their community site and was reluctant to join YouTube initially, stating they viewed them as a "competitor".{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/16/rooster-teeth-netflix-hbo-youtube-lazer-team-gamergate |title=Rooster Teeth plays the video game: 'We're competing with Netflix and HBO' |last=Dredge |first=Stuart |work=The Guardian |access-date=February 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031930/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/16/rooster-teeth-netflix-hbo-youtube-lazer-team-gamergate |archive-date=March 5, 2016}} In 2014, having signed a two-year lease, the entire company (then consisting of over 90 employees) moved into Stage 5 at Austin Studios.{{cite news |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2014-03-21/austin-studios-sends-out-the-welcome-wagon/ |title=Austin Studios Sends Out the Welcome Wagon |last=Riese |first=Monica |work=Austin Chronicle |access-date=March 24, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324014107/http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2014-03-21/austin-studios-sends-out-the-welcome-wagon/ |archive-date=March 24, 2014}}

In November 2014, Rooster Teeth was acquired by Fullscreen for an undisclosed amount.{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/fullscreen-buy-online-video-producer-rooster-teeth-155759682--finance.html;_ylt=AwrTWf274mBUl0YAP0GZmolQ |title=Exclusive: Fullscreen to buy online video producer Rooster Teeth |last=Richwine |first=Lisa |agency=Reuters |access-date=November 11, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112035109/http://news.yahoo.com/fullscreen-buy-online-video-producer-rooster-teeth-155759682--finance.html;_ylt=AwrTWf274mBUl0YAP0GZmolQ |archive-date=November 12, 2014}} Rooster Teeth agreed to be bought to give itself "the resources and tools" needed to compete against other producers. Burns elaborated by saying they considered Netflix, HBO, and Amazon their current competition. On February 3, 2015, Burns confirmed that Rooster Teeth would be establishing an office in Los Angeles.{{cite tweet |number=562616798810746880 |user=burnie |title=Today, I am on a plane with @JonRisinger to establish Rooster Teeth's west coast offices in LA. |author=Burnie Burns |date=February 3, 2015}} These offices were used by a whole new division, Funhaus.{{cite web |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/ |title=Rooster Teeth Debuts Funhaus Channel, New LA Offices |last=Brouwer, Bree |date=February 5, 2015 |publisher=Tubefilter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408211444/https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/ |archive-date=April 8, 2018 |access-date=April 7, 2018}} The company released their feature film debut in 2015 with Lazer Team, a science fiction comedy.

In 2016, Rooster Teeth hired three content executives to help with audience expansion: Luis Medina as senior VP of Partnerships, Evan Bregman as Director of Programming and Ryan P. Hall as Head of Development.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Fullscreen's Rooster Teeth Hires Trio of Content Execs for Subscription VOD Push |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/fullscreen-rooster-teeth-svod-executive-hires-1201821781 |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726132825/http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/fullscreen-rooster-teeth-svod-executive-hires-1201821781/ |archive-date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=July 25, 2016 |url-status=live |language=en}} It was announced that Medina would co-manage the Let's Play family with Ramsey, including Achievement Hunter, Funhaus, and ScrewAttack, and manage partnerships with third-party brands such as Cow Chop and Kinda Funny. Bregman will be responsible for programming strategy and boosting growth across all platforms such as apps, the community site, YouTube, and Facebook.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevideoink.com/news/evan-bregman-flew-portala-coop-lands-rooster-teeth/#.V5ej3Vc7tuY |title=Evan Bregman Flew the Portal A Coop, Lands With Rooster Teeth |last=Johnson |first=Jocelyn |publisher=VideoInk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715084122/http://www.thevideoink.com/news/evan-bregman-flew-portala-coop-lands-rooster-teeth/#.V5ej3Vc7tuY |archive-date=July 15, 2016 |access-date=July 25, 2016}} Hall will oversee Rooster Teeth's development slate and lead efforts to identify up-and-coming projects and talent.

Each year, the company participated in Extra Life, a gaming-themed fundraiser with Rooster Teeth's proceeds going to Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas. During their 2017 Extra Life stream, they raised a total of US$1,209,970.73.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RoosterTeeth/status/929712956136349696 |title=We raised $1,209,970.73 for #RTExtraLife!! Thank YOU for your incredible donations. This cannot be done without you. #ForTheKids!!!pic.twitter.com/EH8BEVxOBG |last=Teeth |first=Rooster |date=November 12, 2017 |website=@RoosterTeeth |language=en |access-date=November 21, 2017}} The 2018 Extra Life stream raised US$1,417,288 for Extra Life and Dell Children's Medical Center.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RoosterTeeth/status/1061620594309980160 |title=Rooster Teeth on Twitter: "We raised $1,417,138 during #RTExtraLife! Thank YOU so much for donating, watching, and playing along. Huge shout out to everyone who participated on stream and all those behind the scenes who made it possible!" |last=Rooster TeethVerified account |date=November 11, 2018 |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=January 21, 2020}} The 2019 Extra Life stream raised US$1,222,371.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vjSV8Jw6G/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/roosterteeth/2175112337179479686_2175112333899506037 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription |title=Rooster Teeth on Instagram: "With the help of our amazing community, we raised $1,222,371 #ForTheKids during #RTExtraLife this weekend. Thank you again to everyone who…" |publisher=Instagram.com |access-date=January 21, 2020}}{{cbignore}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rooster Teeth shortened the 2020 stream to 12 hours. It raised a total of US$1,163,801 for Dell Children's Medical Center.{{cite web |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Rooster Teeth Raises Over $1 Million for Extra Life Charity |url=https://gamerant.com/rooster-teeth-1-million-extra-life-charity/ |access-date=February 5, 2021 |website=Game Rant |language=en-US}}

On January 26, 2018, Fullscreen President and former COO Ezra Cooperstein was appointed as President of Rooster Teeth.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/51635139 |title=Rooster Teeth |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=January 21, 2020}}

In May 2018, Rooster Teeth piloted five shows named Branded, Gorq's Quest, Achievement Haunter, Million Dollars, But ... Animated, and Rooster Teeth's Murder Room, and also announced Spikeface, a new 2D/dark comedy show to be coproduced with Rob McElhenney and his RCG Productions.{{cite web |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/rooster-teeth-orders-dark-comedy-spikeface-from-rob-mcelhenney/ |title=Rooster Teeth Orders Dark Comedy 'Spikeface' from Rob McElhenney |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=May 17, 2018 |publisher=Animationmagazine.net |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923063003/http://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/rooster-teeth-orders-dark-comedy-spikeface-from-rob-mcelhenney/ |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=January 21, 2020}}

In December 2018, Otter Media restructured Fullscreen, consolidating Rooster Teeth, along with Crunchyroll and VRV, under Ellation.{{cite magazine |last=Chmielewski |first=Dawn |title=Otter Media Lays Off 10% Of Staff In Restructuring Of Digital Properties |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/otter-media-layoffs-10-percent-staff-restructuring-of-digital-operations-1202513797/ |magazine=Deadline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205025943/https://deadline.com/2018/12/otter-media-layoffs-10-percent-staff-restructuring-of-digital-operations-1202513797/ |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 5, 2018 |url-status=live}} The companies will align sales efforts to attract advertising and partnerships. During the transition, Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves highlighted the foundation of increased programming quality at Rooster Teeth, pledging changes to the company would be minimal in order to preserve the brand.{{cite magazine |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |title=AT&T's Otter Media Lays Off 10 Percent of Staff in Restructuring |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/at-ts-otter-media-lays-10-percent-staff-restructuring-1166263 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205022718/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/at-ts-otter-media-lays-10-percent-staff-restructuring-1166263 |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 5, 2018 |url-status=live}} Machinima was to be subsumed into Fullscreen.{{cite web |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/01/22/machinima-wipes-youtube-channel/ |title=After Porting Its Creator Network To Fullscreen, Machinima Wipes Seminal YouTube Channel |last=Weiss |first=Geoff |date=January 22, 2019 |website=Tubefilter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123235654/https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/01/22/machinima-wipes-youtube-channel/ |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |access-date=January 24, 2019}}

On December 18, 2018, Rooster Teeth added to their overall content library by partnering with animation channels CypherDen and Flashgitz, premiering their future content on Rooster Teeth First.{{cite web |url=https://geektyrant.com/news/rooster-teeth-gets-new-content-partners |title=Rooster Teeth Gets New Content Partners |last=Williams |first=Tommy |date=December 15, 2018 |publisher=geektyrant |access-date=December 20, 2018}}

On January 31, 2019, Yvonne Secretan, COO of Rooster Teeth, announced her retirement.{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/51980313 |title=Rooster Teeth |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190131222412/https://roosterteeth.com/post/51980313 |archive-date=January 31, 2019 |language=en}} Ezra Cooperstein stepped down as President of Rooster Teeth on April 26, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/52013910 |title=Rooster Teeth |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190412194620/https://roosterteeth.com/post/52013910 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |language=en}} On September 12, 2019, Hullum announced Rooster Teeth had laid off 13% of its workforce, approximately 50 employees.{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/52071476 |title=Rooster Teeth |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190912190556/https://roosterteeth.com/post/52071476 |archive-date=September 12, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-layoffs-13-percent-warnermedia-1203333556/ |title=Rooster Teeth Lays Off About 50 Staffers, 13% of Workforce |date=September 12, 2019 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218154854/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-layoffs-13-percent-warnermedia-1203333556/amp/ |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2020 |language=en}} Two weeks after announcing the layoffs, Jordan Levin was named general manager with most of Rooster Teeth's founders stepping down into creative roles: Matt Hullum stepped down as CEO and became Chief Content Officer, Burnie Burns stepped down as chief creative officer to executive producer and Geoff Ramsey became executive creative director.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Jordan Levin Takes Reins at Rooster Teeth, Co-Founder Matt Hullum Shifts to New Role |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-jordan-levin-matt-hullum-1203347749/ |work=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924232550/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-jordan-levin-matt-hullum-1203347749/ |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |access-date=September 25, 2019 |url-status=live |language=en}}

In December 2019, Rooster Teeth promoted Doreen Copeland to VP, Head of Production, and Joe Clary and Sean Hinz to Co-Heads of Animation, leading day-to-day operations across all of Rooster Teeth's animated productions; Clary and Hinz will report to Copeland, who will oversee all physical production.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-animation-joe-clary-sean-hinz-replace-gray-haddock-1203435591/ |title=WarnerMedia's Rooster Teeth Names Co-Heads of Animation to Replace Gray Haddock |work=Variety |date=December 13, 2019 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213151/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-animation-joe-clary-sean-hinz-replace-gray-haddock-1203435591/ |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |language=en}} In June 2020, Heyman said that he was "laid off" from Rooster Teeth and would no longer perform in Red vs. Blue.{{cite web |last1=Vaynshteyn |first1=Gina |access-date=August 16, 2021 |title=Here's Why Some Think 'Rooster Teeth' Co-Founder Joel Heyman Was Fired |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/why-was-joel-heyman-fired |website=Distractify |date=October 17, 2020 |language=en}} Burns resigned in June 2020, maintaining a first-look deal with Rooster Teeth.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/burnie-burns-exits-rooster-teeth-moves-out-of-us-1234631904/ |title=Burnie Burns Exits Rooster Teeth, Plans to Move Out of the U.S. |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612235419/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/burnie-burns-exits-rooster-teeth-moves-out-of-us-1234631904/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |url-status=live |language=en}}

In August 2020, Rooster Teeth announced it was reviewing its online content library as part of a diversity initiative.{{cite web |title=RoosterTeeth – Post |url=https://roosterteeth.com/g/post/5f0047a9-557b-42c0-80fc-63bff2d78443 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=Rooster Teeth}}

In April 2021, it was reported that AT&T was looking to sell Rooster Teeth and that the company's revenue had dropped nearly $20 million in 2019.{{cite news |date=April 23, 2021 |title=AT&T Explores Sale of Rooster Teeth Online Media Unit |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-23/at-t-is-said-to-explore-sale-of-rooster-teeth-online-media-unit |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=Bloomberg |language=en}} However, no such sale occurred and the company was included in the completed merger that formed Warner Bros. Discovery in April 2022.{{cite web |date=May 17, 2021 |title=Discovery Now Co-Owns DC Comics, It's Unclear What This Means For WB Games |url=https://www.thegamer.com/discovery-att-warner-merger-wb-games/ |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}{{cite magazine |last1=Maas |first1=Jennifer |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Discovery Shareholders Approve $43 Billion WarnerMedia Merger |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/discovery-warnermedia-merger-approvbed-investor-vote-1235201881/ |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=Variety |language=en}}

In the month before, Rooster Teeth and WarnerMedia Access announced the creation of the Rooster Teeth Digital Creators Program, which is intended to support underrepresented talent.{{cite magazine |last1=Shafer |first1=Ellise |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Rooster Teeth and WarnerMedia Access Launch Digital Creators Program Focused on Representation (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/rooster-teeth-warnermedia-digital-creators-program-1235201692/ |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=Variety |language=en}}

On April 1, 2023, the company turned 20 years old and as part of celebrations, Rooster Teeth ran a 20-week campaign—bringing back "deep cuts, one-off episodes and fan favorites every week" according to Matt Hullum, leading up to a big finale at the 2023 RTX Convention taking place July 7–9 in Austin. As part of its twentieth year, the company rebranded, changing its logo from a rooster icon and a wind-up set of novelty teeth to a stylized "R" with the appearance of a rooster and changing to a red and blue color scheme from the original red and black. The company's new slogan is "Just Playing".{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=March 22, 2023 |title=Rooster Teeth, on Eve of 20th Birthday, Unveils Rebranding With New Logos and Tagline (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/rooster-teeth-rebranding-logos-20th-anniversary-1235560695/ |access-date=March 25, 2023 |work=Variety |language=en-US}}

On March 6, 2024, general manager Jordan Levin notified employees that the company would close over the next several months. In an email, he cited reasons for the shutdown including "fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and monetization across platforms, advertising, and patronage", with it being reported that the number of subscribers to Rooster Teeth's "First" service had dropped to around one-quarter of their peak and that Rooster Teeth as a whole had been unprofitable for a decade. While the Roost Podcast Network planned to remain in operation while Warner Bros. Discovery sought a buyer, Warner also gauged interest in Rooster Teeth's intellectual property, including RWBY, Red vs. Blue and Gen:Lock.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=March 6, 2024 |title=Rooster Teeth Is Shutting Down After 21 Years |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |work=Variety |language=en-US}} In April 2024, The Roost Podcast Network would be sold to the talent management company Night,{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Rooster Teeth's Roost Podcast Network Sold to Night, a Digital Talent Management Agency |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-roost-podcast-night-digital-talent-agency-1235964428/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |work=Variety |language=en-US}} and in July 2024, the RWBY franchise would be sold to Viz Media.{{cite web |title=VIZ Blog / RWBY Finds a New Home |url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/rwby-finds-a-new-home |date=July 19, 2024 |access-date=July 19, 2024 |work=Viz |language=en-US}}

Some employees are still working in order to finalize the shutdown and it is unclear when the company will close entirely. Most employees left on May 10, 2024, with the website updated to a final goodbye message on May 15, 2024.{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Chelsea |date=May 9, 2024 |title=May 9 – Rooster Teeth Update |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/roosterteeth/comments/1co56lk/may_9_rooster_teeth_update/ |access-date=May 16, 2024 |website=reddit |quote=Hey everyone!

It's been a bit since we've had a larger announcement about where we are in terms of Rooster Teeth's shutdown. As announced in our previous announcement [LINK] we turned off new FIRST sign-ups and announced that the Rooster Teeth site and apps will be shutting down on May, 15, 2024. That's next week.

The end of this week will be the last day of employment for the majority of Rooster Teeth cast and crew. The work and shows that have been created and put together here over the last twenty-one years has been undeniably indescribable. We're so proud of what our team has accomplished, and are eager to see what these talented individuals do next. SPEAKING OF… Keep an eye out on social for news from the brands and people you love! There is so much more news to come, it just needs to be in a place where it's shareable. (Take a look at 100% Eat and Face Jam! 👀)

A small contingent of individuals will continue to work after this week. Turns out, there are a lot of pieces involved in shutting a company down and this crew will continue working on those final steps. This includes parts of the community and support team, who can still be reached at bit.ly/RT-Support.

We are currently working towards moving site-specific content from the Rooster Teeth site to live on some of the YouTube channels as a living archive. While we can't make guarantees about specific shows, our hope is to make as much of the archive available as possible. More information to come!

And finally, in terms of further communication and information from Rooster Teeth, even after May 15 when the site and apps shut down, that will still be coming from me. I may not be posting on the website anymore, but I'll still be posting here on the r/roosterteeth subreddit until my last day!

Thank you and much love,
Chelsea}}{{cite web |date=May 15, 2024 |title=Roosterteeth.com |url=https://roosterteeth.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240516083147/https://roosterteeth.com/ |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 15, 2024}} Following the closure, several of the former talent and staff members from Rooster Teeth continued to work together in new ventures.{{cite tweet |user=100PercentEat |number=1787852420925522269 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |title=Our Heroes are flying a new banner: 100% Eat.
New episodes every Tuesday. Follow here for more information and BIG NEWS THIS SATURDAY. Are you 100% in?}}

On February 5, 2025, Burns announced he had acquired the Rooster Teeth brand and some of its remaining intellectual property through his company Box Canyon Productions. Some Rooster Teeth productions are set to return, alongside a "reimagining" of Burns's first film, The Schedule, and a new audio adventure, Again.{{Cite press release|title=Rooster Teeth to Find a New Home with the Brand's Original Creator Burnie Burns at Box Canyon Productions|url=https://roosterteeth.com/press-release|publisher=Rooster Teeth|date=February 5, 2025|access-date=February 5, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/rooster-teeth-burnie-burns-acquires-box-canyon-1236298181/ |title=Rooster Teeth Lives! Co-Founder Burnie Burns Buys Company Assets From Warner Bros. Discovery |last=Spangler |first=Todd |work=Variety |date=February 5, 2025 |accessdate=February 6, 2025 }}

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Rooster Teeth Animation was a division of Rooster Teeth that was founded in 2014, with Gray Haddock as the head of the department.{{cite web |url=http://www.wusa9.com/entertainment/rooster-teeth-animation-expanding/337592069 |title=Rooster Teeth Animation moves to new building ahead of 'RWBY Volume 4' |last=Newton |first=Steve |date=October 18, 2016 |website=WUSA9.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220072746/http://www.wusa9.com/entertainment/rooster-teeth-animation-expanding/337592069 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=December 7, 2016}} On December 13, 2019, it was announced that Joe Clary and Sean Hinz were promoted to co-heads of the department to replace Haddock.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-animation-joe-clary-sean-hinz-replace-gray-haddock-1203435591/ |title=WarnerMedia's Rooster Teeth Names Co-Heads of Animation to Replace Gray Haddock |date=December 13, 2019 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213190946/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-animation-joe-clary-sean-hinz-replace-gray-haddock-1203435591/ |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=December 13, 2019 |language=en}}

{{main|Red vs. Blue}}

In a parody of science-fiction films and games,{{harvnb|Leggat|2006|loc=Online}}. and of military life,Burns, et al., 2003, Audio Commentary, episode 2. Red vs. Blue tells the story of two groups of soldiers fighting a civil war in a desolate and isolated box canyon. Initially, Rooster Teeth expected the series to consist of only six to eight episodes.Burns, et al., 2003, Audio Commentary, episode 4. However, the series quickly became very popular, receiving 20,000 downloads in a single day, which contributed to bringing Rooster Teeth to fame.Thompson, 1. Accordingly, Burns conceived an extension of the plot.{{harvnb|Waters|2003|loc=Online}}.

{{main|RWBY}}

RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an anime-styled CG-animated web series that was created and directed by animator Monty Oum, and written by Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross. The first episode of RWBY premiered on July 5, 2013, at RTX 2013 and was released on the Rooster Teeth site on July 18, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://rtxevent.com/news/entry.php?id=1314151 |title=RWBY RWBY RWBY |last=Shawcross |first=Kerry |date=January 23, 2013 |website=RTX |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414125247/http://rtxevent.com/news/entry.php?id=1314151 |archive-date=April 14, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/events/event.php?id=139 |title=RWBY |publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615224058/http://roosterteeth.com/events/event.php?id=139 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/07-02-13-geeks-and-gamers-ready-to-raid-rooster-teeth-expo-2013/ |title=Geeks and gamers are ready to raid Rooster Teeth Expo 2013 |last=Lakich |first=Ryan |date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705235050/http://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/07-02-13-geeks-and-gamers-ready-to-raid-rooster-teeth-expo-2013/ |archive-date=July 5, 2013 |agency=CultureMap Austin}} The story takes place in the world of Remnant, which is filled with supernatural forces and shadowy creatures known as the "Creatures of Grimm". Prior to the events of the series, mankind waged a battle of survival against the Grimm before discovering the power of a mysterious element called Dust, which allowed them to fight back against the monsters. On February 1, 2015, Oum died due to a severe allergic reaction during a medical procedure, but the series he created continues.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 |title=Monty Oum has passed away |last=Hullum |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Hullum |date=February 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151016055734/http://roosterteeth.com/post/3302319 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2015}} The success of RWBY also resulted in a secondary series by Rooster Teeth, RWBY Chibi, which features the show's main characters in chibi form, with a focus on comedic elements and humor.

In July 2024, the RWBY franchise was purchased by Viz Media, who stated their intentions to continue the main web series along with RWBY showrunner and former Rooster Teeth employee Kerry Shawcross. They also stated their intentions to produce RWBY merchandise and search for ways to widely distribute the series via streaming platforms and home video releases.

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In July 2010, Jordan Cwierz released the first Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (RTAA) episode (then known as Drunk Tank Animated Adventures), featuring animations depicting stories told on the Rooster Teeth Podcast. In October 2011, Cwierz was officially hired to produce the animated shorts full-time as a feature of the podcast.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq8x9rubKhU |title=Drunk Tank Animated Adventures |date=July 24, 2010 |publisher=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073107/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq8x9rubKhU |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2011}}

On October 8, 2014, Rooster Teeth debuted Let's Play Minimations. It features highlights from Achievement Hunter's Let's Plays, initially using 3D animation that resembles the sandbox game, Minecraft and later machinimated using Grand Theft Auto V.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/news/entry.php?id=4895920 |title=Rooster Teeth · Argh! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141016032910/http://roosterteeth.com/news/entry.php?id=4895920 |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2015}}

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On April 1, 2016, Rooster Teeth announced Camp Camp with a trailer that aired on their website and YouTube. The series premiered on June 10, 2016, as part of Rooster Teeth's Summer of Animation promotion.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/trailers-season-1-camp-camp-teaser-trailer |title=Camp Camp – Teaser Trailer |date=April 1, 2016 |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=July 10, 2016}} It focuses on a young boy named Max, voiced by Michael Jones, who is forced to go to summer camp but makes two friends there who help him constantly torment their camp counselor, David, voiced by Miles Luna. It airs on Fridays for Rooster Teeth First members and Saturdays for site members. The show was created by Jordan Cwierz and Miles Luna. The first season was extended by two episodes due to positive reception, for a total of 12 episodes in its first season. Camp Camp{{'s}} composer was Benjamin Zecker, with Miles Luna writing the outlines for "The Camp Camp Theme Song Song" and "Better Than You."{{cite news |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/51307100 |title=The Making of "Better Than You" |last=Luna |first=Miles |date=June 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170624022413/http://roosterteeth.com/post/51307100 |archive-date=June 24, 2017 |publisher=Rooster Teeth}} The DVD/Blu-ray combo pack of the first two seasons were released on May 22, 2018, with its third season premiered on May 25.{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/51714536 |title=Nomad Mid-Season & Camp Camp Season3?! |last=Cwierz, Jordan |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=May 22, 2018}} Its fourth season announced on May 20, 2019, and premiered on the Rooster Teeth site on June 1, 2019. On July 7, 2023, at Rooster Teeth's annual convention RTX, it was announced that Camp Camp would return with new episodes on March 1, 2024.{{cite web |last=Rooster Teeth @ RTX Austin!!! |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Attention campers! New episodes of Camp Camp are coming in early 2024! 🫡 |url=https://twitter.com/RoosterTeeth/status/1677376284895350785 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |website=Twitter}}

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At RTX Austin 2017, Rooster Teeth Animation announced that they would be making a new series called gen:LOCK that is a mecha action drama series by RWBY producer, Gray G. Haddock.{{cite news |url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/get-your-first-look-at-gen-lock-the-mecha-action-drama-1796811876 |title=Get Your First Look at gen:LOCK, the Mecha Action Drama from the Creators of RWBY |last=Narcisse |first=Evan |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=July 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712001253/http://io9.gizmodo.com/get-your-first-look-at-gen-lock-the-mecha-action-drama-1796811876 |archive-date=July 12, 2017 |publisher=io9}} It was teased at New York Comic Con and RTX London.{{cite tweet |number=916438665714335744 |user=graymartigan |title=#RTXLondon gets to meet Chase next! #genlock |author=gray |date=October 6, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40495685/rooster-teeth-reveals-the-global-culture-war-at-the-heart-of-genlock |title=Rooster Teeth Reveals The Global Culture War At The Heart Of "Gen:Lock |publisher=Fastcompany.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111111845/https://www.fastcompany.com/40495685/rooster-teeth-reveals-the-global-culture-war-at-the-heart-of-genlock |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2020}} It was originally set for a late 2018 release, but was pushed back to January 2019. On May 21, 2018, it was revealed that the main character, Julian Chase, is voiced by Michael B. Jordan. Jordan co-produced the series through his production company, Outlier Society Productions.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/black-panther-michael-b-jordan-star-rooster-teeth-animated-series-genlock-1202394317/ |title='Black Panther's' Michael B. Jordan To Star In Rooster Teeth Animated Series 'gen:LOCK' |date=May 21, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522112145/http://deadline.com/2018/05/black-panther-michael-b-jordan-star-rooster-teeth-animated-series-genlock-1202394317/ |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |access-date=May 22, 2018}}{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=May 21, 2018 |title='Black Panther' Star Michael B. Jordan to Lend Voice to Rooster Teeth's 'gen:Lock' Anime-Style Series |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/michael-b-jordan-rooster-teeth-genlock-anime-1202815875/ |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522181619/http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/michael-b-jordan-rooster-teeth-genlock-anime-1202815875/ |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |access-date=May 22, 2018 |url-status=live |language=en}} The series premiered on January 26, 2019. The first season concluded on March 9, 2019.

On October 24, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered first on HBO Max on November 4, 2021, and concluded on December 23.

In May 2004, at the E3 gaming convention, Rooster Teeth was introduced to The Sims 2 and realized that the game would be suitable for a series that parodied reality television. The game's publisher Electronic Arts allowed them to continue with the project.Kosak, 1–2; Thompson, 5. The result was The Strangerhood, a comedy series that centers on eight strangers who awake one day unaware of where they are or how they arrived there.Williams. Its first season of 17 episodes completed on April 27, 2006.{{harvnb|Saldaña|2006|loc=Online}}. In 2005, the group collaborated with Paul MarinoBurns, et al., 2006, Audio Commentary, Strangerhood Studios episode 6. on Strangerhood Studios, a spin-off commissioned by the Independent Film Channel.Machinima Theater. This spin-off was the first machinima series to be commissioned for broadcast and won an award for Best Editing at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival.Mackie Winners Announced!. The second season premiered on September 29, 2015, after the stretch goal was reached for Lazer Team{{'}}s Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

In 2006, Rooster Teeth partnered with Maybeck Productions to create PANICS, a short series filmed on F.E.A.R. that chronicles the misadventures of Bravo Team, a group of soldiers sent to investigate a paranormal disturbance. The four publicly released episodes were released between September 27, 2005, and October 18, 2005,FearFans.com. and a prequel was released with F.E.A.R. – Director's Edition.Gersh. The mini-series won an award for Best Writing at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival. Rooster Teeth's other machinima productions are 1-800-Magic, a four-episode mini-series created in 2006 using the game Shadowrun, and Supreme Surrender, a 2008 mini-series made using Supreme Commander. On February 13, 2017, Rooster Teeth premiered the teaser trailer for their upcoming animated series titled Sex Swing featuring members of their Funhaus division based on a recurring joke in their videos where they portray a fictional band of the same name.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/sex-swing-season-1-sex-swing-trailer |title=Sex Swing: Sex Swing Trailer |website=Rooster Teeth}}{{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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At RTX 2014, a new animated show called {{visible anchor|X-Ray and Vav}} was announced, starring Ray Narvaez, Jr. as X-Ray and Gavin Free as Vav. The show is directed by Lindsay Jones (who also voices Hilda) and Jordan Cwierz, with art direction by Patrick Rodriguez. The first episode was released on November 27, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W9eOqGbAck |title=X-Ray & Vav: Official Trailer |date=November 6, 2014 |website=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320071407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W9eOqGbAck |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |access-date=March 9, 2015}} The second season premiered on July 19, 2015. Narvaez and Free reprised their roles as the show's titular heroes, with the addition of Michael Jones as the anti-hero Mogar, Jessica DiCicco as news reporter Ash Samaya, and Ryan Haywood as The Mad King.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=10568 |title=X-Ray & Vav Season 2 Intro |date=March 26, 2015 |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=March 26, 2015}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} When asked by a fan if he would return for a third season if asked, Narvaez stated, "Not interested. I am happy with how Season 2 ended, plus as fun as voice acting was I have no interest in doing it anymore."{{cite web |date=June 8, 2016 |title=if Xray and Vav were to have a 3rd season in production would you still voice Xray? |url=https://ask.fm/RNarvaezJr/answers/138471464567 |access-date=October 23, 2020 |website=Ask.fm |language=en}}

A new 2D animation show was released on Rooster Teeth First on March 16, 2018. Created by Georden Whitman, Nomad of Nowhere is a western-fantasy hybrid focused on a mute wanderer hunted for being capable of using magic to give life to inanimate objects.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/nomad-of-nowhere-rooster-teeth-jordan-cwierz-interview/ |title='Nomad of Nowhere': Jordan Cwierz on the Animated Antics of the Wild New Western Series |last=Trumbore, Dave |date=March 23, 2018 |website=Collider |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141433/http://collider.com/nomad-of-nowhere-rooster-teeth-jordan-cwierz-interview/ |archive-date=April 8, 2018 |access-date=April 7, 2018}}

On February 15, 2019, it was announced Rooster Teeth would partner with Hasbro for a 2020 animated Netflix series based on the Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline.{{cite web |url=https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-transformers-netflix-series-coming-in-2020/42929/ |title=New Transformers Netflix Series Coming in 2020 |date=January 12, 2020 |publisher=Seibertron.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215181034/https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-transformers-netflix-series-coming-in-2020/42929/ |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2020}}

Rooster Teeth first ventured into live action in 2009 with Captain Dynamic, a mini-series to promote the online game City of Heroes.{{cite news |last1=Fahey |first1=Mike |url=http://kotaku.com/5165368/rooster-teeth-introduces-captain-dynamic-to-city-of-heroes |title=Rooster Teeth Introduces Captain Dynamic To City Of Heroes |work=Kotaku |date=March 6, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220061410/http://kotaku.com/5165368/rooster-teeth-introduces-captain-dynamic-to-city-of-heroes |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |language=en}} The series tells the story of a team of writers hired to use the new in-game content creation tools to promote the title character, Captain Dynamic, the 'worst superhero in the world'. Directed by Matt Hullum and written by Burnie Burns, the series starred Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies, who is a long time friend and fan of Rooster Teeth. A number of Rooster Teeth employees were present throughout the series, notably Joel Heyman as Captain Dynamic's primary writer. Actor Shannon McCormick appears as the series' antagonist, Great Face.{{cite web |url=http://www.roostertooths.com/crew.php?show=captaindynamic |title=Cast and Crew · Rooster Tooths |date=April 13, 1999 |publisher=Roostertooths.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025182029/http://roostertooths.com/crew.php?show=captaindynamic |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |access-date=December 9, 2013}} The series also led to the release of an iPhone app called the Awesome Button.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/awesome-button/id327555582?mt=8 |title=Awesome Button |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012053853/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/awesome-button/id327555582?mt=8 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013}}

Following the positive reception of Captain Dynamic, Rooster Teeth began producing another live-action series, Rooster Teeth Shorts, a sketch comedy which parodies life at their offices in a similar fashion to the webcomic. The series features the staff of Rooster Teeth, who all play caricatures of themselves, as well as occasional appearances from voice actors from some of their machinima series. The first season ran for twenty episodes, which along with Captain Dynamic has been released on DVD.

The second season of RT Shorts debuted on April 23, 2010, with new episodes released weekly via the Rooster Teeth website{{cite web |url=http://redvsblue.com/archive/episode.php?id=1233 |title=Rooster Teeth · Prototype |work=Redvsblue.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201065215/http://redvsblue.com/archive/episode.php?id=1233 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=December 9, 2013}} until a hiatus during late July 2010, during which the team focused all their efforts towards Red vs. Blue episodes. With production on Red vs. Blue complete, weekly RT Shorts episodes began again on August 28, 2010, until the second season's conclusion with its twenty-fourth episode and DVD release in early December. Shortly before season two's conclusion, Rooster Teeth collaborated with the team behind Mega64, a video game-centered comedy series. Together they produced four Rooster Teeth Shorts episodes, which were released on the Rooster Teeth website as the beginning of season three.

Halfway through season four, Burns announced the cancellation of Rooster Teeth Shorts for several new series. However, on April 1, 2013, Rooster Teeth announced Rooster Teeth Shorts would return with a fifth season, on the same day, the season premiere episode Reunion was released and marked the tenth anniversary of the company.

On August 22, 2013, Rooster Teeth released six 6-second mini-episodes exclusively through the video sharing service Vine. Six more were published on September 13, 2013. The third set was released on October 11, 2013, followed by a fourth set on November 8, 2013.

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Immersion is a series in which Burnie Burns and Gus Sorola (Griffon Ramsey in the first season) test the concepts of video games in real life, such as whether the heckling that sometimes occurs in multiplayer video games would negatively affect the performance of real soldiers.{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Joshua |date=December 7, 2010 |title=Video Games Meet Real Life in 'Immersion' by Rooster Teeth |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2010/12/06/video-games-meet-real-life-in-immersion-by-rooster-teeth/ |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} Burns joked in the Rooster Teeth podcast that the series started as an "elaborate way for [them] to do fun stuff and get paid for it."Burns, The Rooster Teeth Podcast episode 89 Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola were the test subjects throughout the first season. Gavin Free and Michael Jones served as the test subjects from the second season onwards.{{cite web |last=Alexandra |first=Heather |date=December 10, 2016 |title=What Being On Fire In NBA Jam Would Really Be Like |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/what-being-on-fire-in-nba-jam-would-really-be-like/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211140430/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/what-being-on-fire-in-nba-jam-would-really-be-like/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU}} Various other Rooster Teeth employees have served as test subjects in certain episodes including Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, Blaine Gibson and Chris Demarais.

During PAX East in late March 2010, Rooster Teeth released a teaser trailer for a series with a pilot episode that tested how easy it would be to drive a car from a third-person perspective. Nothing was mentioned of Immersion until October 2010, when Burnie Burns stated during the company's podcast, The Rooster Teeth Podcast, that production had begun on further episodes.

Soon after, on November 23, 2010, the company released pictures on Reddit of a door in their office turned into a safe-room door from the video game Left 4 Dead to build hype for the series' debut the following day. The post became the most popular post of the day on Reddit.{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/eau7w/we_turned_our_studios_exit_door_into_a_l4d_safe/ |title=We turned our studio's exit door into a L4D safe room door.: gaming |website=reddit |date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529093616/https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/eau7w/we_turned_our_studios_exit_door_into_a_l4d_safe/ |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Burnie |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/2644219 |title=Immersion Begins Wednesday! |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=February 11, 2016}} Rooster Teeth re-released a tweaked pilot episode the following day to begin the weekly series, which concluded with its seventh episode on January 5, 2011.

A new episode of Immersion premiered on June 17, 2011, after five months on hiatus. The episode's filming took place on May 29, 2011, during Rooster Teeth's convention, RTX, as well as 400 participants dressed as zombies. The episode shows Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola defending themselves from a horde of zombies.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBST1QZq0w |title=Immersion – Horde Mode |date=June 17, 2011 |publisher=Youtube.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217000312/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBST1QZq0w |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |access-date=October 12, 2012}}

On June 17, Burns said during a panel at Supanova Sydney, that they would be producing a second season, and they were developing concepts. They also confirmed that Gavin Free and Michael Jones of Achievement Hunter would be joining the cast in the second season, replacing Sorola and Ramsey as the test subjects. In the Rooster Teeth Podcast, it was confirmed that the second season began production in 2013. Burns stated in an episode of the Rooster Teeth Podcast{{episode needed|date=October 2016}} that several television stations were interested in picking up the series for its second season.

During RTX 2015, Burns announced that there would be a third season of Immersion. The third season premiered in November 2015.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Airing on August 3, 2019, Burns, Free, and Jones did an episode of Immersion for Discovery channel's Shark Week.{{cite web |last1=Snierson |first1=Dan |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Shark Week 2019 schedule: Your guide to all 18 specials |url=https://ew.com/tv/shark-week-2019-schedule-all-programs/ |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en}} Along with being shown a demonstration of mechanical shark jaws, it involved them riding a mechanical shark, surfing on the back of a shark-like boat, and ultimately ended with both of them diving with sharks with shark expert Luke Tipple. The episode is available to watch on the Discovery website.{{cite web |title=Episodes |url=https://www.discovery.com/shows/rooster-teeth-shark-week-special/episodes |access-date=February 5, 2021 |website=Discovery |language=en}}

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The Slow Mo Guys is a science and technology entertainment web series from Thame, England, United Kingdom created by Gavin Free, starring himself and Daniel Gruchy. The series consists of a wide variety of things filmed in extreme slow motion using a range of Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras, capable of shooting over 1,500,000 frames per second.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbuvcQrAOSk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/xbuvcQrAOSk |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Glass Explosion at 343,000FPS! - The Slow Mo Guys |date=July 17, 2016 |publisher=The Slow Mo Guys |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} The series premiered on October 15, 2010.{{cite web |title=The Slow Mo Guys – Trailer – First Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNK-9CGQ9eM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/wNK-9CGQ9eM |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=April 17, 2020 |via=YouTube |date=October 15, 2010}}{{cbignore}} On February 20, 2013, Free confirmed that the series had been picked up by Rooster Teeth and that further episodes of the series would be released on Rooster Teeth's website, as well as the series' existing YouTube channel.{{cite web |title=The Slow mo Guys Jornal Post |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/2990299 |publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC |access-date=February 24, 2016 |date=2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2020}} A best of compilation episode was released by Rooster Teeth Productions for home video on September 10, 2013.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

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At RTX 2012, 1,800 fans were used as extras for a scene in post-apocalypse short series called Day 5, which initially followed a man fighting to stay awake after a virus spreads that causes anyone who falls asleep to die.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffeDxTJIFmw |title=2014 VidCon Opening Keynote – Burnie Burns |website=YouTube |date=July 18, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603194058/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffeDxTJIFmw |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=July 18, 2014}} The trailer premiered at RTX 2014.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3227026 |title=RTX 2014: Mission Complete! |last=Dunkelman |first=Barbara |website=www.RoosterTeeth.com |publisher=RTX Exhibitions |access-date=July 18, 2014}}{{dead link|date=March 2015}} While the premise was kept the same, the overall story and characters were later changed drastically. In March 2016, the cast was announced, with filming starting that same month.{{cite web |url=http://nerdist.com/rooster-teeth-to-launch-2-new-sci-fi-series-crunch-time-and-day-5-exclusive/ |title=Rooster Teeth to Launch 2 New Sci-Fi Series: Crunch Time and Day 5 (Exclusive) |website=Nerdist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312092139/http://nerdist.com/rooster-teeth-to-launch-2-new-sci-fi-series-crunch-time-and-day-5-exclusive/ |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=March 11, 2016}} The first episode premiered on June 19, 2016, on both Rooster Teeth's website and YouTube, though the rest of the series was released exclusively on Rooster Teeth's website for FIRST members, making it the company's first premium exclusive show.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/day-5-day-5-episode-1-waking-nightmare |title=Day 5: Episode 1: "Waking Nightmare" |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=June 19, 2016}} Its first season concluded on July 31, 2016. Showrunner Josh Flanagan held a Reddit AMA the following day, answering many fan questions about the show. In February 2017, a second season of the show was announced, along with a second season of Camp Camp.{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/roosterteeth/comments/4vp7yf/its_me_josh_flanagan_cocreator_showrunner_writer/d60b4ko |title=It's me, Josh Flanagan. Co-creator, Showrunner, Writer & Director on Day 5, & classically handsome Rooster Teeth entity. I brought some Day 5 friends, too. Ama! |website=Rooster Teeth |date=August 2016 |publisher=Reddit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625210326/https://www.reddit.com/r/roosterteeth/comments/4vp7yf/its_me_josh_flanagan_cocreator_showrunner_writer/d60b4ko/ |archive-date=June 25, 2019 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}

Million Dollars, But ... is an ongoing series in which three Rooster Teeth employees or a special guest each come up with a typically difficult scenario—which the cast comically re-enact—as a condition for which they will be given a million dollars; for example, the person has to date Adolf Hitler for a year. The early episodes usually featured Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, and Barbara Dunkelman, but as time went on, the cast became more varied.{{cite web |last=Schroeder |first=Audra |date=March 28, 2017 |title='Million Dollars, But...' trailer teases Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, physical violence |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/million-dollars-but-trailer-rooster-teeth-season-4/ |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} The pilot episode premiered on May 21, 2015, with the series continuing on July 9, 2015. The series now features special episodes devoted to specific themes, such as animation, with all the scenarios revolving around animation. Million Dollars, But ... has developed a card game that had a very successful Kickstarter, reaching their goal of US$10,000 within 2 minutes and later surpassing $1 million.{{cite web |last=Koch |first=Cameron |date=May 12, 2016 |title=Rooster Teeth Card Game 'Million Dollars, But...' Soars Past Kickstarter Goal |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/157968/20160512/rooster-teeth-card-game-million-dollars-but-soars-past-kickstarter-goal.htm |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=Tech Times |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Busch |first=Anita |date=May 25, 2016 |title=Omar Miller Joins 'Above Suspicion'; Rooster Teeth Kickstarts Another $1M; 'The Last Gold' Swims With Tugg |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/omar-miller-above-suspicion-rooster-teeth-million-dollars-but-kickstarter-the-last-gold-tugg-1201762509/ |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=Deadline}} The card game was released in mid-June 2016.

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On the Spot is the name of the Rooster Teeth game show that involves members of the Rooster Teeth cast and crew, split into two teams of two people, playing various improvisational games to gain points awarded by the host Jon Risinger. The winning team is awarded a golden trophy that resembles Gustavo Sorola, affectionately called "The Golden Gus". Although promised to the winner, after being broken several times, the trophy now does not leave Risinger's desk. A frequent theme of the show is the chaotic humor; contestants will frequently attempt to annoy and antagonize Risinger, and to mock his show. The points are assigned arbitrarily and inconsistently based on the random whim of the host, as well as being assigned by the broadcast team that is running the show.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?sid=ots&v=more |title=Rooster Teeth · On The Spot #10 |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=March 9, 2015}}{{dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In an effort to bring variety to the show, the next few seasons have been themed, with the first themed season being "On the Spot goes to Hell!", where Jon, his show, and his contestants go to hell because his show was too bad. The second themed season is "On the Spot: Lost in Time" with each episode being set in a different time period due to a break in the space-time continuum caused by Chris Demarais. The third themed season involves a "family friendly" version of the show titled "On the Spot: The Happy Room", where each episode has a learning subject such as weather or family which the game prompts are based on. The latest themed season, "On the Spot and Chill", has a TV show theme.

In 2014, a bi-weekly series premiered called Happy Hour. The series chronicles the drunken adventures of Geoff Ramsey, Gavin Free, and Griffon Ramsey. The series ended on September 24, 2017.

Created to test elaborate social experiments, Social Disorder follows Chris Demarais and Aaron Marquis as they compete for points as a game show. The first episode, The Body Bag Experiment, debuted on September 15, 2014, in which Demarais and Marquis had to drag each other around in a body bag trying to get bystanders to help them out. Points were awarded for making up reasons as to what was in the bag or why they were dragging the bag in the first place.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTq-BgAs0Fs&list=UUzH3iADRIq1IJlIXjfNgTpA |title=The Body Bag Experiment – Social Disorder |date=September 13, 2014 |publisher=Youtube.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227122958/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTq-BgAs0Fs&list=UUzH3iADRIq1IJlIXjfNgTpA |archive-date=December 27, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2014}}

Crunch Time was a web series that initially aired in September 2016. The original trailer was featured on The Nerdist's announcement article, and depicted university students creating a machine to allow them to enter other people's dreams. The show stars Samm Levine, known for Freaks and Geeks and Inglourious Basterds, as well as Good Neighbor's Nick Rutherford; it also starred Jessy Hodges and Kirk C. Johnson, who starred in Rooster Teeth's first feature film, Lazer Team. Supporting the main cast is comedian Brent Morin and True Detective's Michael Hyatt as agents Hobbs and Mullins, respectively.

On Halloween 2012, a partnership between Rooster Teeth and Blip was announced, with the premiere of their new 10-episode, reality game competition series sponsored by GEICO.{{cite news |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/blip-studios-and-rooster-teeth-premiere-reality-gamer-competition-series-the-gauntlet-2012-10-31 |title=Blip Studios and Rooster Teeth Premiere Reality Gamer Competition Series – The Gauntlet |last=Hanley |first=Bronagh |date=October 31, 2012 |work=MarketWatch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103225740/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/blip-studios-and-rooster-teeth-premiere-reality-gamer-competition-series-the-gauntlet-2012-10-31 |archive-date=November 3, 2012}} The Gauntlet followed gamers from around the United States competing in contests of skills, concentration, agility and stamina, inspired by reality competitions Wipeout and The Voice. The first season was hosted by Ali Baker and Burnie Burns. Season two was hosted by Burns and Joel Heyman and began on September 7, 2013.

Starting in 2014, Rooster Teeth employees Miles Luna and Kyle Taylor started playing video games and recording the gameplay and facial camera footage to create a show originally called Sponsor Play. The show was featured as part of the Sponsor Cut portion of the RT website as an incentive to become a sponsor for their production. This series was renamed to Backwardz Compatible in November 2016 along with the change of sponsorship format. The series included gameplay of the original Fatal Frame, Resident Evil 7, Sonic Adventure 2, Alien: Isolation, Dark Souls III, and others.

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On September 27, 2015, a sketch comedy show RT-ES, or Rooster Teeth Entertainment System, premiered for Rooster Teeth First members on roosterteeth.com.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/rooster-teeth-entertainment-system-r-t-e-s-season-1-r-t-e-s-01-2 |title=#RTES: Featuring Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns – Episode 1 |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=November 13, 2015}} The show was produced in Los Angeles, California and was hosted and created by Colton Dunn. The show consisted of Dunn giving interviews, talking about relevant topics, and showing many sketches throughout. It featured comedy, music, and games.

In a Sponsor-Only video, Burnie Burns said that RT-ES would be put on hiatus. Burns began by saying "occasionally we make some missteps," referring to RT-ES. He elaborated by saying Rooster Teeth would review audience feedback and apply it to the show in the future.

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In mid-2006, Electronic Arts commissioned Rooster Teeth to direct"Red Vs. Blue: The Cash Is Always Greener". commercials for their EA Sports brand of games, including Madden NFL 07 and NCAA Football 07, for broadcast on television.Hullum, "Working Vacation". Rooster Teeth released some of this work on their website.Hullum, "Ahh ... Memories". In late November 2006, controversy arose over a Madden NFL 07 commercial, when Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark complained about his depiction in the commercial.Chappell. Hit and tackled multiple times in the advertisement by Philadelphia Eagles players, Clark stated, "I haven't seen the commercial, but I'm upset about it. It makes me look like a punk." In response, Rooster Teeth posted a director's cut, in which Clark plays and dominates every position.Robinson.

They have also made a trailer for a free to play PC game called Loadout, developed by Austin-based Edge of Reality.

In February 2014, Burns confirmed that the company was going to launch a crowdfunding campaign for a feature film, as a way to offer more support options while gaining publicity.{{cite web |url=http://glibshark.tumblr.com/post/77961145770/the-godfather-of-rooster-teeth-and-pioneer-of-the |title=Glib Shark Interviews Burnie Burns |publisher=Glib Shark |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324223752/http://glibshark.tumblr.com/post/77961145770/the-godfather-of-rooster-teeth-and-pioneer-of-the |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=March 24, 2014}}

In June 2014, an Indiegogo campaign for Lazer Team was launched. The fundraiser hit its $650,000 target within 11 hours and reached over $1.6 million two days later. The film was due for release in 2015. {{as of|2015|7|24|df=US}}, Lazer Team is the second-most-funded film project on Indiegogo, raising just under $2.5 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamer-uk.co.uk/2014/07/05/rooster-teeth-debut-film-lazer-team-fundraised-becomes-1-film-on-indiegogo/ |title=Rooster Teeth debut film Lazer Team fundraised, becomes #1 film on Indiegogo |last=McDonald |first=Rory |website=Gamer-uk.co.uk |publisher=Gamer-UK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182643/http://www.gamer-uk.co.uk/2014/07/05/rooster-teeth-debut-film-lazer-team-fundraised-becomes-1-film-on-indiegogo/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2014}}

Production for Lazer Team began on October 9, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AchievementHunt/status/520063251477176320/photo/1 |title=Achievement Hunter Tweet |date=October 9, 2014 |website=Achievement Hunter on Twitter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626004829/https://twitter.com/AchievementHunt/status/520063251477176320/photo/1 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2014}} On February 21, 2015, the first official teaser trailer was released, and on March 16, 2015, the full trailer was released.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURMNR_J-ew&carousel=1&cid=1 |title=Lazer Team – Movie Teaser – Official – 4k |date=February 21, 2015 |website=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711131340/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURMNR_J-ew&carousel=1&cid=1 |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |access-date=March 9, 2015}} The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 24, 2015, where it received a generally positive reception.{{cite web |url=http://nerdist.com/fantastic-fest-review-lazer-team/ |title=Fantastic Fest Review: Lazer Team |last=Weinberg |first=Scott |publisher=Nerdist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003205534/http://nerdist.com/fantastic-fest-review-lazer-team/ |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3363038/review-lazer-team-stands-a-step-above-most-sci-fi-comedies/ |title=[Review] 'Lazer Team' Stands a Step Above Most Sci-Fi Comedies |last=Corrigan |first=Kalyn |date=September 25, 2015 |publisher=Bloody Disgusting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003233629/http://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3363038/review-lazer-team-stands-a-step-above-most-sci-fi-comedies/ |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |access-date=October 2, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Lazer Team (2016) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lazer_team/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 16, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Lazer Team Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lazer-team |website=Metacritic |quote=mixed or average reviews |access-date=February 1, 2020}} It was released in theaters on January 27, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/the-fantastic-fest-second-wave-of-programming-is-here |title=The Fantastic Fest Second Wave Of Programming Is Here! |last=Borders |first=Meredith |website=FantasticFest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906161104/http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/the-fantastic-fest-second-wave-of-programming-is-here |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=September 11, 2015}}

On August 5, 2016, Burns and Free announced that Lazer Team 2 had been green-lit by Rooster Teeth in partnership with YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium), who financed the film, and that pre-production had begun.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/roosterteeth/videos/1098977163495151/ |title=Rooster Teeth |website=www.facebook.com}} In December 2016, Matt Hullum confirmed Rooster Teeth would film Lazer Team 2 in Texas during the late spring of 2017 and planned to release it later that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjNFYxaMD-c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/JjNFYxaMD-c |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Matt Hullum Discusses The Future Projects For Production Studio, Rooster Teeth |last=Forte |first=Matt |website=YouTube |date=December 6, 2016 |publisher=BUILD Series |access-date=December 6, 2016}}{{cbignore}} Daniel Fabelo co-directed the sequel with Hullum. Nichole Bloom and Victoria Pratt also joined the cast.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/lazer-team-2-cast-nichole-bloom-victoria-pratt-1202053286/ |title='Lazer Team 2' Casts Nichole Bloom And Victoria Pratt |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=March 28, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603114729/http://deadline.com/2017/03/lazer-team-2-cast-nichole-bloom-victoria-pratt-1202053286/ |archive-date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=July 13, 2017}} Filming for the sequel concluded in April 2017.{{cite tweet |number=855635451222339585 |user=MattHullum |title=Just wrapped filming #LazerTeam2 . It's funny and I'm going to take a 36 hour nap now. |author=Matt Hullum |date=April 22, 2017}}

At RTX Austin 2017, Rooster Teeth announced Blood Fest, a horror-comedy film directed by Owen Egerton, and starring Seychelle Gabriel, Robbie Kay and Jacob Batalon. Other cast members include Zachary Levi, Barbara Dunkelman, Nick Rutherford, and Tate Donovan.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/seychelle-gabriel-rooster-teeth-blood-fest-1202515297/ |title=Seychelle Gabriel to Star in Rooster Teeth's 'Blood Fest' Horror-Comedy Film |date=August 4, 2017 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807052830/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/seychelle-gabriel-rooster-teeth-blood-fest-1202515297/ |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |access-date=August 7, 2017}}

{{main|Rooster Teeth Games}}

Rooster Teeth vs. Zombiens is a game made by Team Chaos that features some of the main Rooster Teeth personnel in their fight against zombies in the Rooster Teeth office and parking lot. It was made for iOS, Android and Steam platforms.{{cite web |url=http://teamchaos.com/game/roosterteeth-vs-zombiens/ |title=Rooster Teeth vs. Zombiens |publisher=Team Chaos |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208035940/http://teamchaos.com/game/roosterteeth-vs-zombiens/ |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=December 1, 2014}} It has since been taken down from IOS and Android platforms.

At RTX 2014, Rooster Teeth announced during the RWBY panel on July 4 that a RWBY video game was in development, under the working title RWBY: Grimm Eclipse, making this the first video game ever created by the company. An early demo of the game was available for consumers to play at the event. Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum stated, "RWBY is a natural choice for us to focus on for our first in-house produced video game. Fans can expect that we will bring the same level of originality in action, comedy and design to the video game that has made the RWBY animated series such a hit."{{cite web |last1=Rush |first1=Amanda |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/04-1/rooster-teeth-making-rwby-video-game |title=Rooster Teeth Making "RWBY" Video Game |website=Crunchyroll |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707084741/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/04-1/rooster-teeth-making-rwby-video-game |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Joshu |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/07/04/rooster-teeth-rwby-video-game/ |title=Rooster Teeth Is Developing A Video Game |website=Tubefilter.com |date=July 4, 2014 |publisher=TubeFilter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707135002/http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/07/04/rooster-teeth-rwby-video-game/ |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2014}}

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse was initially developed as a fangame by Jordan Scott over the course of five months. A demo version was released on April 1, 2014, to celebrate Rooster Teeth's 11th anniversary, but the demo is no longer available for download. Scott said at the time that it was not an ongoing project, and he had no plans for any future updates. He described it as a "survival-based action RPG" set in the world of RWBY.{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Jordan |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_A116ynks0 |title=RWBY: Grim Eclipse – Demo Release Trailer |date=April 1, 2014 |via=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812162107/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_A116ynks0 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2014}}

On December 1, 2015, the game was released as an Early Access title on Steam after rapidly being approved through Steam's Greenlight feature.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/trailers-season-1-r-w-b-y-grimm-eclipse-steam-early-access |title=RWBY: Grimm Eclipse – Steam Early Access |website=RoosterTeeth.com |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=December 3, 2015}}

Vicious Circle was first announced on episode 526 of the Rooster Teeth Podcast by Burnie Burns and Gus Sorola.{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Geoff |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/01/09/rooster-teeth-games-vicious-circle/ |title=Rooster Teeth Announces First Original IP Video Game, 'Vicious Circle' |date=January 9, 2019 |website=www.tubefilter.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109175638/https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/01/09/rooster-teeth-games-vicious-circle/ |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |access-date=August 21, 2019}} It is an uncooperative multiplayer shooter and Rooster Teeth's first original IP game. It was released on August 13, 2019, on Steam.{{cite web |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/rooster-teeth-dates-details-new-series-vicious-circle-game/ |title=Rooster Teeth Dates & Details New Series, 'Vicious Circle' Game |date=July 24, 2019 |website=Animation Magazine |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728035848/https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/rooster-teeth-dates-details-new-series-vicious-circle-game/ |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |access-date=August 21, 2019}}

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Achievement Hunter was a video gaming channel and division of Rooster Teeth, originally created in 2008 by Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo as a new creative outlet during production of season 6 of Red vs. Blue. The channel was largely based on the achievement mechanic found in seventh-generation video game consoles after being made popular with Microsoft's release of the Xbox 360 with the channels produced by a rotating cast Rooster Teeth employees. Achievement Hunter has since become its own division with a consistent cast and has become a core component of Rooster Teeth Productions. In addition to main live-action channel, Achievement Hunter hosts gameplay content on the company's LetsPlay channel. They also formerly managed GameFails and LetsPlay Community channels on YouTube, but those are no longer uploaded on and currently serve as an archive of past GameFails and LetsPlay Community content. On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Achievement Hunter would be converted into an archive channel and all members would be moving onto other projects.{{cite AV media |title=We Have An Announcement… |date=September 18, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVgACDwlgq0 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |language=en}}

The LetsPlay channel has served a variety of uses since its launch, being most consistently used as the Let's Play channel for Achievement Hunter.

The LetsPlay Network is a former multi-channel network (MCN) operated by Rooster Teeth. It was founded by Rooster Teeth co-founder Geoff Ramsey and was run by Luis Medina alongside Ramsey. Under this new venture, partnerships with several other YouTube channels, in addition to its own Achievement Hunter and Funhaus, would be established to would provide merchandise, promotion, and other benefits for its partners.

On March 28, 2016, a partnership with Kinda Funny was announced. Members of the group appear in Rooster Teeth content, and Kinda Funny merchandise became available on the Rooster Teeth Store. Kinda Funny Live! was presented by Let's Play and hosted by Burnie Burns.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/51259229 |title=Let's Play and Kinda Funny |website=roosterteeth.com |access-date=April 8, 2016}} A partnership with The Creatures was announced on April 4, 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKBdmfa33FE |title=Huge Announcement |date=April 4, 2016 |website=The Creatures |via=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520191811/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKBdmfa33FE |archive-date=May 20, 2018 |access-date=April 8, 2016}} Upon their separate formations, channels Cow Chop and Game Attack were separately confirmed to be part of the "LetsPlay family".{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCreatures/comments/4gvvzi/its_confirmed_aleks_and_james_left_the_creatures/d2l5u6x |title=It's confirmed – Aleks and James left the creatures. |date=April 28, 2016 |website=CowChop Subreddit |publisher=Reddit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528051918/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCreatures/comments/4gvvzi/its_confirmed_aleks_and_james_left_the_creatures/d2l5u6x/ |archive-date=May 28, 2018 |access-date=May 1, 2016}} Game Attack, which was initially spun off from ScrewAttack before becoming its own independent entity, and Cow Chop both had their own sections on Rooster Teeth's website.{{cite web |url=http://gameattack.roosterteeth.com/ |title=Game Attack |website=gameattack.roosterteeth.com |access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=http://cowchop.roosterteeth.com/ |title=Cow Chop |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=September 4, 2016}} On May 11, Achievement Hunter announced a partnership between the LetsPlay Network and video game publisher Ubisoft. Streams and gameplay videos done by any of the Let's Play family members featuring games published by Ubisoft will be released exclusively on the Ubisoft US YouTube channel.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FMVPn7cm6E |title=Let's Play Presents Announcement Trailer |last=Ubisoft US |date=May 11, 2017 |via=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815010056/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FMVPn7cm6E |archive-date=August 15, 2017 |access-date=July 14, 2017}} On May 31, 2017, it was announced that YouTubers JT Machinima (now JT Music), NoahJ456, LazarBeam, and Sugar Pine 7 had joined Let's Play, with JT Machinima being the first of which to have merchandise sold through the RT Store.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/51303878 |title=Let's Play: Year 2 Update |website=Rooster Teeth}}{{cite web |url=https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/jt-machinima |title=JT Machinima |website=Rooster Teeth Store}}{{dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On July 12, 2017, it was announced that The Creatures would be disbanding, ending their relationship with Rooster Teeth.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH7gakgx63I |title=The End |last=thecreaturehub |date=July 13, 2017 |via=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713232835/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH7gakgx63I |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |access-date=July 14, 2017}} In April 2019, Cow Chop announced a "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE", implying the channel would disband by the end of the year.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/CowChop/status/1121837596609601536 |title=we invited our patreon subscribers to come raid our warehouse and pay us money for our trash.}} On December 31, Cow Chop posted their final video.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd0c8Bzgomk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Kd0c8Bzgomk |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live |title=THE FINAL INTERVIEW. |last=Cow Chop |date=December 31, 2019 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In May 2019, Sugar Pine 7 also announced their departure from the Rooster Teeth family.{{Cite web |last=Sugar Pine 7 |title=We're no longer with Rooster Teeth {{!}} Beyond the Pine #92 |date=May 30, 2019 |website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-sAeJBYwEI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603004810/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-sAeJBYwEI |access-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live}} On May 1, 2019, Craig Skistimas of Game Attack announced they as well were now independent, had no further business relationship with Rooster Teeth and was no longer a part of the LetsPlay family. Since their departures, content from The Creatures and Game Attack are no longer hosted on Rooster Teeth's website and Cow Chop & Sugar Pine 7's content are now consolidated under the "Friends of RT" section.

While Rooster Teeth still maintains relationships with Kinda Funny and JT Music, along with new deals with other entities, the "LetsPlay Network" has not been referenced since the mentioned departures. A similar kind of partnership with UK based The Yogscast has occurred, a deal that includes their own section on Rooster Teeth's website and apps, but the LetsPlay branding and channel has reverted to its function as the gameplay channel for Achievement Hunter.

Inside Gaming was the gaming news division of Rooster Teeth. Originally founded as The Know, an entertainment news division that discusses current events in movies, TV shows, gaming, technology, and media. It was mainly hosted by Ashley Jenkins and Brian Gaar, with a selection of other Rooster Teeth staff from each division within the company. It was initially a single news show hosted on Rooster Teeth's main YouTube channel before moving over to its own channel, where it has since expanded into several different categories of entertainment and tech news as well as several different shows,{{cite AV media |title=News: New Steam Controller Design + Titanfall PC Improved By Xbox One + A Big RT Announcement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb_6KgH1lqE |via=YouTube |language=en}} with the latest being Glitch Please, a successor to their earlier podcast The Patch, that was greenlit for a full series after six pilot episodes.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/51301506 |title=Welcome to Glitch Please |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=June 9, 2017 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/51303334 |title=What's Next for Glitch Please |website=Rooster Teeth |access-date=June 9, 2017 |language=en}}

Previously The Know had hosted Leaderboard, where Meg Turney had discussed esports news, The Patch Game Club, where the hosts of The Patch would discuss a new video game they've played each week, and Screen Play, a film and TV podcast. In June 2016, Turney announced on her vlog she was leaving Rooster Teeth to focus more on cosplay.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5tRdnCpzo |title=I'm No Longer at Rooster Teeth |last1=Turney |first1=Meg |date=June 27, 2016 |via=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810173410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5tRdnCpzo |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}

In October 2017, Variety announced Eric Vespe would join The Know as senior writer responsible for original reporting, interviews and developing new entertainment shows.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Eric Vespe Joins Rooster Teeth After Leaving Ain't It Cool News |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/eric-vespe-rooster-teeth-aint-it-cool-news-1202599971/ |work=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104031817/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/eric-vespe-rooster-teeth-aint-it-cool-news-1202599971/ |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017 |url-status=live}} Vespe had previously worked at Ain't It Cool News for 20 years.{{cite magazine |last1=Abramovitch |first1=Seth |title=Harry Knowles Sex-Assault Allegations Prompt Staff Exodus at Ain't It Cool News |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-knowles-sex-assault-allegations-prompt-staff-exodus-aint-it-cool-news-1042793 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107105229/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-knowles-sex-assault-allegations-prompt-staff-exodus-aint-it-cool-news-1042793 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017 |url-status=live}}

On February 14, 2019, Rooster Teeth revived Machinima's Inside Gaming brand, renaming The Know to Inside Gaming. The Know and Machinima's social team were combined with Inside Gaming. Lawrence Sonntag, Adam Kovic, Bruce Greene and Alanah Pearce from Funhaus hosted Inside Gaming, which includes gaming news, features and reviews.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=After Machinima Shutdown, Rooster Teeth Revives 'Inside Gaming' and Rescues Other Machinima Shows |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/machinima-rooster-teeth-inside-gaming-1203136988/ |work=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215012114/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/machinima-rooster-teeth-inside-gaming-1203136988/ |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=February 14, 2019 |url-status=live}} Greene and Sonntag left in 2019. Autumn Farrell, formerly of Sugar Pine 7, took over Sonntag's position. Farrell and Pearce departed the company in October 2020. On January 5, 2021, it was announced that Inside Gaming daily would end and all hosts would be joining Funhaus, however, the Inside Gaming weekend round-up would continue.

Game Kids was a kids channel launched in 2014, until 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/youtube-rooster-teeth-game-kids-channel |title=YouTube studio Rooster Teeth launches family-friendly Game Kids channel |date=December 2, 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=October 18, 2023}}

File:Funhaus crew at PAX Prime 2015 (20821586879).jpg Prime 2015]]

Funhaus (pronounced "funhouse") was a division of Rooster Teeth Productions, based in Los Angeles, California. The channel launched on February 16, 2015, by the former cast of Inside Gaming: Adam Kovic, James Willems, Bruce Greene, Lawrence Sonntag, Matt Peake, Sean "Spoole" Poole and Joel Rubin, later joined by former GameTrailers talent Elyse Willems in November 2015 and former IGN host Alanah Pearce in August 2018. Funhaus produces gameplay videos in a similar manner to Achievement Hunter. In addition to gameplay, Funhaus also produced segments for The Know up until November 2016. It produced many shows such as Open Haus (Q&A), Google Trends, podcasts called Dude Soup and "Film Haus", gameplay series such as Demo Disk and Wheelhaus,{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3306197 |title=Introducing Funhaus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150206023700/http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3306197 |archive-date=February 6, 2015}} a now-defunct live stream called FunhausTV on YouTube, and the now-defunct Sex Swing: The Animated Series. Shows produced by Funhaus for Rooster Teeth TV include "No Idea", "Arizona Circle", and "Last Laugh".

In 2016, Poole and Rubin left Funhaus.{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/funhaus/comments/44v1hf/goodbye_to_funhaus/ |title=Goodbye to Funhaus |website=reddit |date=February 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211002433/https://www.reddit.com/r/funhaus/comments/44v1hf/goodbye_to_funhaus/ |archive-date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=February 12, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/funhaus/comments/4dho0i/godspeed_funhaus/ |title=Godspeed, Funhaus |website=reddit |date=April 5, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618001627/https://www.reddit.com/r/funhaus/comments/4dho0i/godspeed_funhaus/ |archive-date=June 18, 2019 |access-date=April 9, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/SourceFed/comments/4foc6y/im_joel_im_new_here_im_answering_questions/ |title=Joel's SourceFed Q&A |date=April 20, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/03/20/discovery-group-nine-media-philip-defranco-sourcefed-shutter/ |title=Discovery-Backed Group Nine Media To Shut Down Philip DeFranco's SourceFed Among Massive Shift |date=March 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326221316/http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/03/20/discovery-group-nine-media-philip-defranco-sourcefed-shutter/ |archive-date=March 26, 2017 |access-date=March 27, 2017}} Greene and Sonntag left in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/brucegreene/status/1169056254905348097 |title=I'm leaving Rooster Teeth.pic.twitter.com/UkdAOtQ8Yh |last=Greene |first=Bruce |date=September 3, 2019 |website=@brucegreene |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904012152/https://twitter.com/brucegreene/status/1169056254905348097 |archive-date=September 4, 2019 |access-date=September 4, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/sirlarr/status/1207065433561415680 |title=I'm leaving Rooster Teeth |last=Sonntag |first=Lawrence |date=December 17, 2019 |website=@SirLarr |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218011715/https://twitter.com/sirlarr/status/1207065433561415680 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=December 18, 2019}} Kovic departed the company after breaching its code of conduct in October 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/10/adam-kovic-ryan-haywood-rooster-teeth-scandal/ |title=Adam Kovic, Ryan Haywood Leave Rooster Teeth Amid Allegations Of Grooming Fans |last=Williams |first=Leah |work=Kotaku |publisher=G/O Media |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009042210/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/10/adam-kovic-ryan-haywood-rooster-teeth-scandal/ |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |url-status=dead}} Pearce announced her departure in late October 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/gaming/news/alanah-pearce-is-leaving-rooster-teeth/ |title=Alanah Pearce is leaving Rooster Teeth |last=Ingham |first=Ben |work=The Digital Fix |date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101092012/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/gaming/news/alanah-pearce-is-leaving-rooster-teeth/ |url-status=dead}}

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Death Battle debuted in 2010 as a web series published by the website ScrewAttack. Death Battle became ScrewAttack's most popular show and the website began to shift its focus towards the show, and in 2019 ScrewAttack rebranded to focus exclusively on it.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Dalton |date=2019-02-05 |title=ScrewAttack Officially Changes Its Name to Death Battle |url=https://gamerant.com/screwattack-death-battle/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Game Rant |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014073357/https://gamerant.com/screwattack-death-battle/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Comments |first=Gavin Sheehan {{!}} Last updated {{!}} |date=2019-02-05 |title=ScrewAttack Has Now Re-Branded Itself as Death Battle |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/screwattack-has-now-re-branded-itself-as-death-battle/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729210737/https://bleedingcool.com/games/screwattack-has-now-re-branded-itself-as-death-battle/ |url-status=live }} The show was acquired by Rooster Teeth,{{Cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Noah |date=2024-03-07 |title=Rooster Teeth Shutting Down, WB to Sell RWBY and Other IPs |url=https://www.superherohype.com/geek-culture/569758-rooster-teeth-closing-warner-bros-discovery-selling-rwby-genlock-red-vs-blue |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=SuperHeroHype |language=en-US}} and all of ScrewAttack's existing content was moved to the Rooster Teeth website.{{Cite web |last=Glagowski |first=Peter |date=2019-02-05 |title=ScrewAttack may be gone, but it will never be forgotten |url=https://www.destructoid.com/screwattack-may-be-gone-but-it-will-never-be-forgotten/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Destructoid |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729210737/https://www.destructoid.com/screwattack-may-be-gone-but-it-will-never-be-forgotten/ |url-status=live }} In 2020, Amazon Prime Video sponsored a promotional episode of Death Battle to advertise the second season of The Boys.{{cite magazine |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Rooster Teeth Hires Amazon Studios' Adam Bersin as Head of Marketing (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/rooster-teeth-adam-bersin-marketing-amazon-studios-1235205824 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316140125/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/rooster-teeth-adam-bersin-marketing-amazon-studios-1235205824/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |access-date=March 16, 2022 |magazine=Variety |quote=[Amazon Studios Head of Marketing, Adam] Bersin said he was attracted to Rooster Teeth after working with the company on custom-content partnerships for several of Amazon Studios['] launches, like the Death Battle for “The Boys” Season 2.}}

Death Battle was published by Rooster Teeth from 2019 until 2024, at which point Rooster Teeth was shut down by its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. Following the disestablishment of Rooster Teeth, Death Battle became an independent series.{{Cite web |last=Schwarz |first=John |date=2024-07-26 |title=Rooster Teeth’s Death Battle To Continue On With New Owners |url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/2024/07/rooster-teeths-death-battle-to-continue-on-with-new-owners/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Bubbleblabber |language=en-US}}

Community-run events have occurred regularly since 2005.{{cite web |url=http://globalgnn.com/2012/07/10/the-stories-of-the-rooster-teeth-community-event-coordinators/ |title=The Stories of the Rooster Teeth Community Event Coordinators |last=Carbone |first=Anthony |publisher=Gamer's News Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013053537/http://globalgnn.com/2012/07/10/the-stories-of-the-rooster-teeth-community-event-coordinators/ |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.oaoa.com/online_features/article_62d5799a-e80f-11e2-9ac9-0019bb30f31a.html |title=A community like no other: My experience at RTX |last=Evon |first=Ryan |publisher=OA Online |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803030116/https://www.oaoa.com/online_features/article_62d5799a-e80f-11e2-9ac9-0019bb30f31a.html |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=April 12, 2014}} These included RvBTO in Toronto{{cite web |url=http://rvbto.ca/ |title=RvBTO Official Site |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518191716/http://rvbto.ca/ |archive-date=May 18, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014}} (the first event, now retired and replaced with Toronto:Unconventional),{{cite web |url=http://touncon.com/staff/ |title=About Us – Toronto Unconventional |publisher=Toronto: Unconventional |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506171522/http://touncon.com/staff/ |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2014}} RvBCanWest in Vancouver,{{cite web |url=https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/waypoint/posts/RvB-CanWest-2012 |title=RVB CANWEST 2012 – A COMMUNITY EVENT |last=Shea |first=Jessica |publisher=HaloWaypoint |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080036/https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/waypoint/posts/RvB-CanWest-2012 |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.straight.com/article-390048/vancouver/rvbcanwest-2011-draw-machinima-fans-vancouver |title=RvBCanWest 2011 to draw machinima fans to Vancouver |last=Kyllo |first=Blaine |date=April 27, 2011 |work=The Georgia Straight |access-date=April 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429075833/http://www.straight.com/article-390048/vancouver/rvbcanwest-2011-draw-machinima-fans-vancouver |archive-date=April 29, 2014}} RT Philly in Philadelphia,{{cite web |url=http://www.rtphilly.com/ |title=RTPhilly Official Site |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080613/http://www.rtphilly.com/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014}} RooTeeth in Melbourne,{{cite web |url=http://www.rooteeth.com/ |title=Roo Teeth Official Site |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080017/http://www.rooteeth.com/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014}} and SideQuest in Austin.{{cite web |url=http://sidequest.org/ |title=SideQuest Official Site |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417010113/https://sidequest.org/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017 |access-date=April 16, 2017}} In February 2011, Sorola announced the date for the first RTX, the company's first official fan event.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=101 |title=Rooster Teeth Podcast 101 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412045411/http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=101 |archive-date=April 12, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2015}} Burns credited RTX "starting" with the early fan events in Canada.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2mAQe4DRGU |title=An Interview with Burnie Burns – RTX Sydney 2017 |last=Palamountain |first=Jamie |website=YouTube |date=February 18, 2017 |publisher=The Loaded Gamer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219165138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2mAQe4DRGU |archive-date=February 19, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2017}}

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In May 2011, Rooster Teeth held their first official community event in Austin, Texas. Initially planned as a small gathering for 200 people,{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/episode/rt-podcast-season-1-rooster-teeth-podcast-106 |title=Drunk Tank #106 and RTX info |access-date=March 3, 2017}}{{dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} demand was so high that over 500 tickets were accidentally sold within minutes of being made available online.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=3171 |title=RTX Tickets (Update) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713072236/http://roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=3171 |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |access-date=November 5, 2011}} Since RTX 2012, each event has been held in the Austin Convention Center, with the attendance growing from 5,000 in 2012 to 45,000 in 2015.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} In February 2017, RTX London was announced, taking place October 14–15 of that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.godisageek.com/2017/02/exclusive-rtx-london-rooster-teeth-place-october/ |title=RTX London from Rooster Teeth will take place this October |last=Madnani |first=Mikhail |date=February 3, 2017 |publisher=God Is A Geek |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304040217/http://www.godisageek.com/2017/02/exclusive-rtx-london-rooster-teeth-place-october/ |archive-date=March 4, 2017 |access-date=March 3, 2017}} Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, RTX 2020, dubbed "RTX at Home", was held virtually from September 15 to 25.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/rooster-teeth-rtx-at-home-2020-details/ |title=RTX at Home: Rooster Teeth Sets 10-Day Virtual Convention for September |last=Dominguez |first=Noah |work=CBR |date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=July 29, 2020}}

{{main|Let's Play Live}}

Let's Play Live is an on-stage event produced by Rooster Teeth in which Achievement Hunter and members of the Let's Play family play video games and perform comedy sketches in front of a live audience. Their first event was held on February 20, 2015, at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/3298383 |title=Let's Play Live! |website=roosterteeth.com |access-date=June 14, 2016}} Beginning in 2016, LPL toured multiple cities across North America.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevideoink.com/news/rooster-teeth-mounting-lets-play-live-tour-mills-entertainment/#.Vx99cjArI2w |title=Rooster Teeth Mounting 'Let's Play Live' Tour with Mills Entertainment – VideoInk |date=April 19, 2016 |website=VideoInk |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426184741/http://www.thevideoink.com/news/rooster-teeth-mounting-lets-play-live-tour-mills-entertainment/#.Vx99cjArI2w |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2016}} LPL returned to Austin the night before RTX 2018 began.{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/rtx-2018-austin-gathering-linked-gaming-internet |title=RTX 2018 Austin Gathering Showcased Robust Gaming-Internet Link |last=Cantu |first=Tony |date=August 5, 2018 |publisher=Patch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815131522/https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/rtx-2018-austin-gathering-linked-gaming-internet |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |access-date=August 15, 2018}}

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On December 9, 2008, Rooster Teeth launched the Drunk Tank podcast. It was renamed the Rooster Teeth Podcast in 2011, due to the previous name not being attractive to advertisers. The podcast is released weekly, and has won several honors, including being the most downloaded podcast on iTunes and winning the Best Gaming Podcast award at the Podcast Awards in 2013 and 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |title=Podcast Award Winners 2005–2014 |publisher=PodCastAwards.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230028/http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |archive-date=December 10, 2013 |access-date=April 11, 2016}} As of May 2023, the podcast has over 750 episodes{{Citation |title=Rooster Teeth Podcast – Roosterteeth |url=https://roosterteeth.com/series/rt-podcast |access-date=May 23, 2023 |language=en}} the same year the podcast moved to a multi segment based show featuring new hosts{{cite web |title=Boot Group: The Lost Lazer Team TV Show – Rooster Teeth Celebrates 20 Years of Making Fun – S1E16 – Rooster Teeth |url=https://roosterteeth.com/ |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=roosterteeth.com |language=en}}

In June 2017 Rooster Teeth launched its own podcast network, called The Roost, representing creators such as h3h3Productions, Game Grumps, Shane Dawson, Getting Doug With High by Doug Benson, Tiny Meat Gang by Cody Ko and Noel Miller, and The Valleyfolk by Joseph Bereta, Elliott Morgan, and Steve Zaragoza among others.{{cite web |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/06/14/rooster-teeth-podcast-network-h3h3productions-shane-dawson/ |title=Rooster Teeth Launches Podcast Network, Will Rep Shows From h3h3Productions, Shane Dawson, More – Tubefilter |date=June 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730225639/http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/06/14/rooster-teeth-podcast-network-h3h3productions-shane-dawson/ |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=July 30, 2017}} In July 2018, The Roost added The Last Podcast on the Left, hosted by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, and Henry Zebrowski.{{cite news |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/280773/last-podcast-on-the-left-joins-rooster-teeths-the-roost/ |title=Last Podcast on the Left Joins Rooster Teeth's The Roost |last=Sprague |first=Mike |work=Dread Central |access-date=August 10, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810235448/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/280773/last-podcast-on-the-left-joins-rooster-teeths-the-roost/ |archive-date=August 10, 2018}} On September 5, 2018, it was revealed that The Roost would also support both current and upcoming podcasts from The Beam, another podcast network, as part of a partnership between Rooster Teeth and Hello Sunshine.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reese-witherspoons-hello-sunshine-launch-female-podcast-network-1139898 |title=Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine to Launch Female-Centric Podcast Network |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906141418/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reese-witherspoons-hello-sunshine-launch-female-podcast-network-1139898 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=September 8, 2018}}

A.J Feliciano became the head of the network in August 2020.{{cite web |last=Weiss |first=Geoff |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Rooster Teeth Taps A.J. Feliciano To Head Up Video-Centric Podcast Network 'The Roost' |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/08/20/rooster-teeth-aj-feliciano-head-of-the-roost/ |access-date=September 11, 2021 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} In October 2020 The Roost began representing prop collecting podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=October 16, 2020 |title='Veep's David Mandel, 'Colony's Ryan Condal Tackling Props, Memorabilia in New Podcast |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/veeps-david-mandel-colonys-ryan-condal-tackling-props-memorabilia-in-new-podcast-4077931/ |access-date=September 11, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Rooster Teeth and AEW partnered to create the podcast Wrestling With The Week in January 2021.{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Tommy |title=Rooster Teeth and AEW Come Together for New Podcast – Wrestling With The Week |url=https://geektyrant.com/news/rooster-teeth-and-aew-come-together-for-new-podcast-wrestling-with-the-week |access-date=September 11, 2021 |website=GeekTyrant |date=January 10, 2021 |language=en-US}} Anthony Padilla, along with Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart, launched podcasts with The Roost in early 2021.{{cite web |date=February 11, 2021 |title=Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart To Catch Up With OG YouTubers In Limited Podcast 'How Ya Been?' |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/02/11/grace-helbig-mamrie-hart-how-ya-been-podcast-the-roost/ |access-date=September 11, 2021 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} As of September 2021, The Roost network has over 100 shows and receives 300 million impressions per month.{{cite web |date=September 9, 2021 |title=The Roost Tops 100 Shows As Rooster Teeth Expands Its Roster Of Shows. |url=http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/the-roost-tops-100-shows-as-rooster-teeth-expands-its-roster-of-shows/article_6f4c631e-118c-11ec-93b4-1bf900f90f5f.html |access-date=September 11, 2021 |website=Insideradio.com |language=en}} Rooster Teeth said the network increased its viewership by 50% and quadrupled revenue in 2021.

In April 2024, The Roost was purchased by Night, talent management company for several big YouTubers and Twitch streamers including MrBeast. In an interview with Variety, A.J. Feliciano stated most of The Roost staff would be kept on. In the same article Variety claimed The Roost's network of shows has over 350 million views and 20 million monthly downloads as of April 2024. However they provide no sources for these numbers.

{{blockquote|"I think the biggest place we've had to adapt is, we've always believed we have to have our own corner on the web, that we don't try to build our own company on Facebook or on MySpace back in the day, or even on Twitter or Snapchat. We try to have RoosterTeeth.com be our destination." ― Burnie Burns, July 8, 2016}}

On October 4, 2004, after closing their phpBB forums, Rooster Teeth publicly launched an online community and social networking website as a way to stay in touch with fans while maintaining their own platform for distribution.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=59 |title=Rooster Teeth Podcast 59 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412045344/http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=59 |archive-date=April 12, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2459739 |title=Five Years |last=Sorola |first=Gus |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412045330/http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2459739 |archive-date=April 12, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014}} This site included features such as community statistics, journals, an image gallery and a "mod point system" or "emodomy" that was meant to help members moderate the site with options to like or dislike posts.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=76 |title=Rooster Teeth Podcast 76 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412045350/http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=76 |archive-date=April 12, 2014}} Currently, it receives 5 million unique monthly visitors and is home to over 2 million registered users of which 135,000 pay $5 per month as FIRST members.{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/community/popular |title=RT Community Stats |access-date=September 15, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://digiday.com/publishers/rooster-teeth-gets-135000-people-pay-gaming-comedy-content/ |title=How Rooster Teeth gets 135,000 people to pay for gaming and comedy content |last=Patel |first=Sahil |date=June 28, 2016 |publisher=Digi Day |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701080332/http://digiday.com/publishers/rooster-teeth-gets-135000-people-pay-gaming-comedy-content/ |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2016}}{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/rooster-teeth-grace-helbig-hannah-hart-phil-defranco-million-dollars-but-1201997906/ |title=Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Phil DeFranco Join Rooster Teeth's Party-Game Comedy Series |work=Variety |date=February 28, 2017 |publisher=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301005908/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/rooster-teeth-grace-helbig-hannah-hart-phil-defranco-million-dollars-but-1201997906/ |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=February 28, 2017}}

To host their own videos, Rooster Teeth paid a co-location facility $13,000. The cost from server fees prompted Rooster Teeth to implement a site wide program called "Sponsorships" in 2003 (later rebranded as Rooster Teeth First members), which gave paying members access to content before being offered to the public, in addition to extra site features, exclusive videos and merchandise. Sponsorships have been credited with "keeping the lights on" in the company's early years and a "major reason" for Rooster Teeth's growth and the first way that they monetized content.{{cite web |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238391 |title=Meet the Producers Behind Indiegogo's Highest-Funded Film |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |website=www.entrepreneur.com |date=November 10, 2014 |publisher=Entrepreneur |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113003917/http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238391 |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite magazine |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |title=Fullscreen's Rooster Teeth Launches Mobile Video App |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fullscreens-rooster-teeth-launches-mobile-821970 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914005618/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fullscreens-rooster-teeth-launches-mobile-821970 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/06/rooster-teeth-burnie-burns-qa/ |title=Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns on pioneering online-only video |last=Williams |first=Felicia |date=July 6, 2016 |publisher=Tech Crunch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708142308/https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/06/rooster-teeth-burnie-burns-qa/ |archive-date=July 8, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2016}}

On July 1, 2016, the ad-free "Sponsorship" program was rebranded as "FIRST" and offered a new option to upgrade to an even higher-level tier called Double Gold that included such perks as: a 10% discount on all Rooster Teeth items, first access to live event VIP passes and a box of merchandise carrying a value more than $60.{{cite web |url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/rooster-teeth-expands-svod-play/405991 |title=Rooster Teeth Expands SVOD Play |last=Baumgartner |first=Jeff |date=June 28, 2016 |publisher=MultiChannel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702102407/http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/rooster-teeth-expands-svod-play/405991 |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2016}}

Rooster Teeth's founders often emphasize the importance of the community and how it has helped them to remain relevant in web culture. In 2010, Burnie Burns stated he, "could not imagine RedVsBlue or Rooster Teeth without the community site." In 2014 Gus Sorola said, "From the beginning we have always maintained and promoted our own community site, since before YouTube even existed". Building community is key to having an engaged, active audience who really enjoy your content."{{cite web |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/03/07/rooster-teeth-interview-insights-entertainment-company/ |title=Rooster Teeth: Insights From A Very Successful Entertainment Company |last=Cohen |first=Joshua |date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=TubeFilter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330211112/http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/03/07/rooster-teeth-interview-insights-entertainment-company/ |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2014}} Burns elaborated on this in September 2014, attributing how they've managed to build a global audience to constantly engaging in a two-way conversation with the company's "hyper engaged core".{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJRdclkfSzc |title=Talking Online Video with Burnie Burns |website=YouTube |date=September 25, 2014 |publisher=SpikesAsia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603203000/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJRdclkfSzc |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2014}} In 2016, Burns reiterated their growth again to listening and taking the community's feedback to heart. Burns repeated in 2016 that he considers the secret to the company's successes is their community and their conversation with the community. "Our model revolves around being the home for a core community, and growing it year-after-year ... the loyalty of a community to spread the gospel of your brand is absolutely critical"{{cite web |url=http://mipblog.com/2016/10/report-youtube-lionsgate-rooster-teeth-talk-original-content/ |title=MIPCOM Report: YouTube, Lionsgate and Rooster Teeth talk original content |last=Dredge |first=Stuart |website=mipblog.com/ |date=October 17, 2016 |publisher=MIPCOM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054217/http://mipblog.com/2016/10/report-youtube-lionsgate-rooster-teeth-talk-original-content/ |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2017}} Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos, after acquiring Rooster Teeth, cited the "insanely powerful community" as a reason they felt the company was a perfect match to buy and later attributed Lazer Team's success to the power of the community.{{cite magazine |last=Busch |first=Anita |title=After Indiegogo Record, Movie 'Lazer Team' Grabs $1M In Pre-Sales As New Distribution Model Unfolds |url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/lazer-team-movie-rooster-teeth-pre-sales-tugg-austin-1201691528/ |magazine=Deadline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128103555/http://deadline.com/2016/01/lazer-team-movie-rooster-teeth-pre-sales-tugg-austin-1201691528/ |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=January 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/youtube-network-fullscreen-acquires-digital-studio-rooster-teeth-1201352394/ |title=YouTube Network Fullscreen Acquires Digital Studio Rooster Teeth |work=Variety |date=November 10, 2014 |publisher=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111012821/http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/youtube-network-fullscreen-acquires-digital-studio-rooster-teeth-1201352394/ |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=November 11, 2014}} In 2015, during the production of Rooster Teeth's first feature, co-founder and Director Matt Hullum stated, "We would not have been able to make Lazer Team without the community and really I don't think we would've wanted to."{{cite web |url=http://www.klru.org/artsincontext/episode/peoples-choice/ |title=People's Choice |website=Arts In Context |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906143947/http://www.klru.org/artsincontext/episode/peoples-choice/ |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}} In 2017, Burns re-emphasized that "community is the cornerstone of Rooster Teeth" and one of their core values they impress upon new employees.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_9-RfJ2Z-g&t=3m7s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/v_9-RfJ2Z-g |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Burnie Vlog: Inspiration {{!}} Rooster Teeth |last=Burns |first=Burnie |date=December 19, 2017 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |access-date=December 22, 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Community members have distinguished themselves on and beyond the website. Notable people to come from the community include Gavin Free, Barbara Dunkelman, and Kent Nichols.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=237 |title=Rooster Teeth Podcast 237 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412045350/http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=237 |archive-date=April 12, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2014}} In October 2008, community member "Jeffson" became the first person to post that Barack Obama's presidential campaign had taken out billboards within the Xbox 360 version of Burnout Paradise. After being posted to his journal, the story was picked up by major news outlets, including GamePolitics, MTV and Wired.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/10/09/report-obama-ads-burnout-paradise#.U1hhqyg_c0w |title=Report: Obama Ads in Burnout Paradise |publisher=GamePolitics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050058/http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/10/09/report-obama-ads-burnout-paradise#.U1hhqyg_c0w |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/15/on-playstation-3-barack-obama-burnout-billboard-sells-something-else/ |title=On PlayStation 3, Barack Obama 'Burnout' Billboard Sells Something Else |last=Totilo |first=Stephen |publisher=MTV Multiplayer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018142806/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/15/on-playstation-3-barack-obama-burnout-billboard-sells-something-else/ |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014}}{{cite magazine |last=Cavalli |first=Earnest |title=Obama Campaign Hits Burnout Paradise |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/10/obama-campaign/ |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429063138/http://www.wired.com/2008/10/obama-campaign/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2014 |url-status=live}} In 2010, Achievement Hunter community members "AxialMatt" and "Hightower" garnered attention with their Japan World Cup 3 video.{{cite news |url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/japan-world-cup-3-race-video-game-drinking/ |title='Japan World Cup 3': Everything's made up and the points don't matter |last=Martinez |first=Fidel |work=The Daily Dot |access-date=April 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045233/http://www.dailydot.com/lol/japan-world-cup-3-race-video-game-drinking/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.horsenation.com/2013/08/26/japan-world-cup-3-the-most-ridiculous-horse-race-video-game-ever/ |title='Japan World Cup 3': The most ridiculous horse racing video game ever |last=Wylie |date=August 26, 2013 |publisher=Horse Nation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428081623/http://www.horsenation.com/2013/08/26/japan-world-cup-3-the-most-ridiculous-horse-race-video-game-ever/ |archive-date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2014}} For Red vs. Blue: Revelation, Rooster Teeth used 10 community members to help unlock Halo 3 armor suits for machinima production purposes.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2533199 |title=Achievement race! |last=Burns |first=Burnie |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412045349/http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2533199 |archive-date=April 12, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2014}} In February 2011, Burns tweeted that community member "madmanmoe" discovered the Rooster Teeth website was not blocked by the Libyan government and was blogging events on the website from Tripoli during the First Libyan Civil War.{{cite tweet |number=39849225655160832 |user=burnie |title=One of our users discovered that RT.com is not being blocked by Lib. Gov. he's blogging from inside Trip. |author=Burnie Burns |date=February 22, 2011}} The longest-running external resource site, RoosterTooths, has existed since 2005 and contains transcripts, biographies, and a history of the Red vs. Blue title screen.{{cite web |url=http://roostertooths.com/ |title=Rooster Tooths Official Site |last=Marks |first=Chris |publisher=RoosterTooths |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429075749/http://roostertooths.com/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2014}}

Community members have been utilized for RT productions at every single RTX. In 2011, some 400 community members were used as zombie extras for a Horde Mode episode of Immersion. In 2012, 1,800 attendees were used as extras for a scene in the RT production, Day 5, which involved shutting down the main road in downtown Austin.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSuTnCFqMkw |title="Infonaut: Red vs Blue vs Hollywood" (Part 2 of 3) |website=YouTube |publisher=Machinima |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603051906/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=qSuTnCFqMkw |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=July 14, 2014}}

In 2013, hundreds of fans were used as extras for a water-bomb attack in an episode of The Slow Mo Guys.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi18nmYwb7A |title=Slow Mo Guys Water Balloon Fight: Behind the Scenes |website=YouTube |date=August 10, 2013 |publisher=RoosterTeeth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603201258/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi18nmYwb7A |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=July 14, 2014}} In 2014, casting calls and auditions for minor speaking roles in Lazer Team were held for RTX attendees.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/news/entry.php?id=4336004 |title=Lazer Team Casting at RTX! |last=Hullum |first=Matt |website=RoosterTeeth.com |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715121216/http://roosterteeth.com/news/entry.php?id=4336004 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=July 14, 2014}} In 2015, attendees were invited to participate in an interactive, "narrative-driven experience" called Murder at The RTX which involved hunting clues at prepared "crime scenes".{{cite web |url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/3352151 |title=Announcing ... Murder at the RTX! |last=Flanagan |first=Josh |publisher=RoosterTeeth |access-date=September 14, 2015}} On June 20, 2016, Rooster Teeth confirmed they would be filming audience members at an RTX panel for use in their latest production, Crunch Time.{{cite tweet |number=745039935124627456 |user=RoosterTeeth |title=At #RTX2016 we're filming a scene with all the audience members at the #CrunchTime panel, Friday 3:30 PM in the Hilton Governor's ballroom! |author=Rooster Teeth🐓 |date=June 20, 2016}}

Many employees have come from the community. In 2014, Burns estimated "at least a third" of the company of 85 started in the fan community, adding it "keeps us grounded" and "makes a whole lot of sense from a business standpoint ... I don't have to explain to them what this company is trying to do."{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/rooster-teeths-burnie-burns-on-why-massive-crowdfunding-success-shouldnt-hurt-its-brand-20140627 |title=Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns On Why Massive Crowdfunding Success Shouldn't Hurt Its Brand |last=Konow |first=David |website=www.indiewire.com |date=June 27, 2014 |publisher=IndieWire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630005205/http://www.indiewire.com/article/rooster-teeths-burnie-burns-on-why-massive-crowdfunding-success-shouldnt-hurt-its-brand-20140627 |archive-date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=July 21, 2014}} Ben McSweeney, illustrator of Rooster Teeth's logo, was hired by Burns after being found on the site's community forums in April 2003. Others include creative director Barbara Dunkelman, composers Nico Audy-Rowland and Jeff Williams of Trocadero, cartoonist Luke McKay, Achievement Hunters Caleb Denecour and Ray Narvaez, Jr., Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures creator Jordan Cwierz, and RWBY writer and director Kerry Shawcross.{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3107720 |title=Trocadero |last=Burns |first=Burnie |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140429010740/http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3107720 |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2813849 |title=Welcome Barbara! |last=Burns |first=Burnie |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130914220447/http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2813849 |archive-date=September 14, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2014}}{{cite magazine |last=Rigney |first=Ryan |title=How Rooster Teeth Won the Internet With Red vs. Blue |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/05/rooster-teeth-red-vs-blue/all/ |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429044917/http://www.wired.com/2012/05/rooster-teeth-red-vs-blue/all/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2014 |url-status=live}} In August 2014, former intern and current content producer Blaine Gibson garnered media attention when he posted photos proposing to Disney Princesses at Walt Disney World.{{cite web |url=http://perezhilton.com/2014-08-14-this-texas-guy-proposed-to-all-the-disney-princesses-blaine-gibson#.VCWw8yjTY0w |title=This Guy Decided To Propose To All The Princesses At Disney World! See The Adorable Bling-Filled Snaps Here! |last=Hilton |first=Perez |website=PerezHilton.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924101327/http://perezhilton.com/2014-08-14-this-texas-guy-proposed-to-all-the-disney-princesses-blaine-gibson#.VCWw8yjTY0w |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |access-date=September 26, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2014/08/disney-princess-proposals.html |title=Our New Hero: The Guy Who Proposed to All of the Disney Princesses |last=Pous |first=Terri |website=Brides.com |publisher=Brides |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919052104/http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2014/08/disney-princess-proposals.html |archive-date=September 19, 2014 |access-date=September 26, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/this-guy-proposed-to-all-the-disney-princesses-and-a-villain/ |title=This Guy Proposed To All The Disney Princesses, And A Villain |last=Walkelin |first=Nicole |website=Fashionably Geek |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818083955/http://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/this-guy-proposed-to-all-the-disney-princesses-and-a-villain/ |archive-date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=September 26, 2014}} In July 2014 it was announced at RTX that fan Jordan Scott would be making the RWBY video game after posting footage of a demo he had made to his YouTube page.{{cite web |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/07/04/rooster-teeth-rwby-video-game/ |title=Rooster Teeth Is Developing A Video Game |last=Cohen |first=Joshua |date=July 4, 2014 |publisher=Tubefilter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707135002/http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/07/04/rooster-teeth-rwby-video-game/ |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2014}} It was also announced during the RTX 2014 Achievement Hunter panel that Community Hunters Matthew "AxialMatt" Bragg and Jeremy "Jerem6401" Dooley would be joining AH as its newest employees.{{cite tweet |number=485953772472909824 |user=CommunityHunt |title=A big congratulations to @Axialmatt and @Jerem6401 for their new job with @AchievementHunt. Make the Community Hunters proud |author=Community Hunters |date=July 7, 2014}}

In February 2019, Rooster Teeth announced that they had ended all associations with voice actor Vic Mignogna and removed him from the RWBY cast.{{cite web |author= |date=February 5, 2019 |title=Vic Mignogna |url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/51982081 |website=Rooster Teeth |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=Rooster Teeth |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190407001934/https://roosterteeth.com/post/51982081|archive-date=April 7, 2019 |access-date=March 15, 2025}}{{cite web |last=Allegra |first=Frank |date=February 5, 2019 |title=Rooster Teeth cuts ties with anime voice actor Vic Mignogna amid harassment reports |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/5/18212141/vic-mignogna-fired-rooster-teeth-rwby-sexual-harassment |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=Polygon}} Although there were several allegations of inappropriate behavior, no charges were filed against him and Mignogna denied allegations of criminal misconduct. Mignogna pursued defamation lawsuits after the accusations were made against him, and although he lost appeals and was ordered to pay legal fees, the civil rulings only determined whether the statements were defamatory.{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Ariana |title=Some anime fans don't want Dominique Sachse's husband at this event |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/vic-mignogna-pop-culture-con-20040524.php |website=Chron | date=17 January 2025 |access-date=15 March 2025 |archive-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127225426/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/vic-mignogna-pop-culture-con-20040524.php |url-status=live }}

In October 2020, Achievement Hunter's Ryan Haywood and Funhaus co-founder Adam Kovic were both involved in scandals involving their leaked nudes; Kovic parted ways with the company.{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Leah |title=Adam Kovic, Ryan Haywood Leave Rooster Teeth Amid Allegations Of Grooming Fans |date=October 9, 2020 |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/10/adam-kovic-ryan-haywood-rooster-teeth-scandal/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009042210/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/10/adam-kovic-ryan-haywood-rooster-teeth-scandal/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |publisher=Kotaku}} Days later, multiple allegations of grooming underage fans came out against Haywood,{{cite web |last=Tamburro |first=Paul |title=Rooster Teeth's Ryan Haywood and Adam Kovic embroiled in explicit photo controversy |date=October 8, 2020 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/661875-rooster-teeth-ryan-haywood-adam-kovic-what-happened |access-date=October 18, 2022 |publisher=Game Revolution}}{{cite web |last=Goh |first=Clement |title=Rooster Teeth Dismisses Two Hosts Following Photo Scandal |date=October 14, 2020 |url=https://www.cgmagonline.com/2020/10/14/rooster-teeth-dismisses-two-hosts/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |publisher=CG Mag Online}} and he was subsequently fired.{{cite web |last=Dealessandri |first=Marie |date=October 21, 2020 |title=More allegations surface against Rooster Teeth's Ryan Haywood |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/more-allegations-surface-against-rooster-teeths-ryan-haywood |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=Games Industry}}

In June 2019, dozens of anonymous reviews from Glassdoor gained exposure, highlighting a negative crunch culture of long and unpaid hours, poor management, and over-reliance on temporary employees at Rooster Teeth Animation.{{cite web |last=Aguilar |first=Carlos |date=June 20, 2019 |title=Rooster Teeth CEO Apologizes For Poor Work Conditions At Austin Animation Studio |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/rooster-teeth-ceo-apologizes-for-poor-work-conditions-at-dallas-animation-studio-175948.html |access-date=July 19, 2020 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}} Gray Haddock, Rooster Teeth's Head of Animation, stepped down two days after the allegations.{{cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |title=Division Head Steps Down at Rooster Teeth Animation |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2019-06-17/division-head-steps-down-at-rooster-teeth-animation/ |publisher=Austin Chronicle |access-date=October 29, 2022}}

In October 2022, Kdin Jenzen, a former Achievement Hunter employee, posted online about her experiences working at the company. She accused the company of still having a "crunch" culture, not paying her fairly, and homophobic and transphobic abuse by upper management, to the extent that her nickname at the company was a slur.{{cite web |last=Foster |first=George |title=Former Achievement Hunter Kdin Jenzen Accuses Rooster Teeth Of Crunch, Slurs, And Unpaid Work |url=https://www.thegamer.com/rooster-teeth-allegations-achievmeent-hunter-unpaid-work-crunch-culture-slurs/ |website=TheGamer.com |access-date=October 16, 2022 |date=October 16, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Adlan |first=W. Amirul |title=Former Achievement Hunter Kdin Describes Working At Rooster Teeth As One Of Slurs And Poor Pay |url=https://www.gamerbraves.com/former-achievement-hunter-kdin-describes-working-at-rooster-teeth-as-one-of-slurs-and-poor-pay/ |website=GamerBraves |access-date=October 17, 2022 |date=October 16, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Dealessandri |first=Marie |title=Former Rooster Teeth director exposes culture of harassment and crunch |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/former-rooster-teeth-director-exposes-culture-of-abuse-and-crunch |website=GamesIndustry.biz |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=October 17, 2022 |date=October 17, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |date=October 17, 2022 |title=Rooster Teeth Called Out By Workers For Low Pay, Toxic Culture |url=https://kotaku.com/rooster-teeth-achievement-hunters-crunch-kdin-bragg-1849667921 |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=Kotaku}} Hours later, Achievement Hunter cast members, including Rooster Teeth co-founder Geoff Ramsey, responded to Jenzen's message apologizing for their prior behavior at the company, as well as announcing a reduced release schedule for the future. The following day, Rooster Teeth released a statement addressing the situation, claiming that they were taking steps to improve their work culture and reviewing pay parity at the company.{{cite magazine |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=October 19, 2022 |title=Rooster Teeth Apologizes for 'Hateful and Hurtful Behavior' After Former Staffer Calls Out Misconduct, Company Vows to Do Better |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/rooster-teeth-apologizes-hateful-hurtful-behavior-employee-1235408495/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |work=Variety |language=en}} Following Jenzen's message, numerous other former employees spoke up about their experiences working at Rooster Teeth, adding more accounts of unpaid work and discriminatory abuse while at the company. Rooster Teeth then released a second statement apologizing for harmful behaviors, listing changes made since 2020 including the introduction of pay bands and the replacement of the entire Human Resources department.{{cite news |last1=Bardhan |first1=Ashley |date=October 19, 2022 |title=Rooster Teeth Limits Content After Workers Call Out Abuse |url=https://kotaku.com/rooster-teeth-youtube-rvb-twitter-allegation-geoff-kdin-1849677359/amp |access-date=October 19, 2022 |work=Kotaku |language=en}}

On November 20, 2019, Michael Quinn, Rooster Teeth's Vice President of Product Research and Engineering, was arrested for assaulting his wife.{{cite web |last1=Goard |first1=Alyssa |title=Rooster Teeth VP arrested after wife alleges brutal abuse, strangulation |date=November 21, 2019 |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/rooster-teeth-vp-arrested-after-wife-alleges-brutal-abuse-strangulation/ |publisher=KXAN-TV |access-date=October 21, 2022}} Quinn was fired three days later.{{cite web |last1=Flores |first1=Christian |title=Rooster Teeth executive charged in brutal domestic violence incident |date=November 21, 2019 |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rooster-teeth-executive-charged-in-brutal-domestic-violence-incident |publisher=CBS Austin |access-date=October 25, 2022}}

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