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External linksWebsiteRed vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is an American comic science fiction web series created by Burnie Burns with his production company Rooster Teeth. The show is based on the setting of the military science fiction first-person shooter series and media franchise Halo. It is distributed through Rooster Teeth's website, as well as on DVD, Blu-ray, and formerly on the El Rey Network and Netflix. Initially intended to be a short series of six to eight episodes, the project quickly and unexpectedly achieved significant popularity following its premiere on April 1, 2003. Red vs. Blue is the third longest-running animated webseries of all time, behind Homestar Runner and Neurotically Yours.

TheFortniteChapter 2 finale's Cube Queen face-off seems poised for the free-to-play battle royale to once again replace the map at the start of Chapter 3. The story stakes seem sufficiently high, and a recent transformation of the Convergence into the Pyramid POI seems to be heralding another dimension-bending finale similar toFornite's Chapter 1 map being sucked into a black hole in 2019. It's not clear how Epic intends to top itself this time around, and it's possible the game could have unexpected surprises up its sleeves.

After all, the outcome of one chapter finale so far doesn't mean a complete map makeover is a guaranteed tradition in the four-year-old game. This original setup was intended to help to control bandwidth costs; as of September 2005, the official Rooster Teeth website was serving 400 terabytes of data monthly. Video content has now moved to streaming, with initial releases occurring through the website directly, followed by YouTube later on. Red vs. Blue Season 16 was not released to YouTube until March 19, 2019, unlike previous seasons which released on YouTube a week after being made available to FIRST members on the site. Previously it was hosted by Blip, though has switched over to being hosted directly on the website with Jwplayer acting as its video player, after Blip was shut down. All freely released episodes are currently available and the rolling archive has been retired.

Out of Mind was initially a free download on the Xbox Live Marketplace, along with some Red vs. Blue episodes being available purchased. More recently, episodes became available to be streamed on Halo Waypoint. In Season 2 Chapter 8 alone, a major blockbuster film crossover broughtDune skins toFortnite, and a massiveNaruto collaboration event is currently underway. Although the visual background of Red vs. Blue was primarily taken from the Halo series, Rooster Teeth consciously limits connections to the Halo fictional universe. A special video made for E portrays Master Chief, Halo's protagonist, as a larger-than-life member of the army, and the Red vs. Blue trailer and first episode establish that the series is set between the events of the first two games. Beyond these references, the storyline is independent, a decision that, according to Burns, is intended to increase accessibility to those unfamiliar with the games.

For example, even though the cast of the fourth and fifth seasons include characters from the Covenant Elite alien race, Rooster Teeth never portrays those characters in their original Halo context. Beginning with the sixth season, titled Reconstruction, the series begins to follow Halo more closely. It is established that Reconstruction onwards takes place one year after Halo 3 and several characters indirectly reference Smart AI, the Human-Covenant War, and Forerunners. Also at several points it is noted that Project Freelancer is under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Space Command. Red vs. Blue attracted interest immediately; the first episode was featured on Slashdot, Penny Arcade, and Fark on the same day, and had 20,000 downloads within a day.

The following episodes wound up downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, forcing a change on the distribution to peer-to-peer file sharing to cut the increasing server costs. Ramsey noted Red vs. Blue also "had a broader appeal than we anticipated", gathering a female following along with the expected demographic of young adult males. Although the crew had feared that any contact would be to force an end to the project, Bungie enjoyed the videos and was supportive; one staff member called the production "kind of brilliant". A deal was arranged to ensure that the series could continue to use Bungie's game properties without license fees.

The relationship has continued with Bungie's successor in the Halo series, 343 Industries. Red vs. Blue continued to attract more attention, and by April 2004, Kevin J. Delaney of The Wall Street Journal estimated that weekly viewership was between 650,000 and 1,000,000. In a 2006 interview, Strange Company founder Hugh Hancock called the series probably "the most successful machinima productions " and estimated that it was generating almost US$200,000 annually. Red vs. Blue content was also included with a premium "Legendary" edition of Halo 3.

The nature of Red vs. Blue was different from Burns's initial expectation. A partial character introduction released between the original trailer and the first episode featured extensive action and violence, set to Limp Bizkit's song "Break Stuff". However, as work continued, the focus shifted to situation comedy rather than the heavy action initially implied. The finale caps a heavy alien-themed season that included all sorts of space innovations for players. By season's end, it was possible to nab spaceships off the road, take your team along and beam up other players in impromptu abductions. You could explore the mothership to grab special items, including powerful weapons to give you an advantage in the battle royale matches.

Unfortunately, Fortnite is not expected to allow players to replay this season finale, so you'll have to check out the video in this story to see what the experience was like. In my trio of players — including myself , Space.com editor-in-chief Tariq Malik and his 12-year-old daughter Zadie — it was Zadie who was first in our lobby group of 16 to figure out the cube activation puzzle, by the way. The final season ofThe Expanse has as much weight as ever, and is equal parts heart-wrenching and heart-warming. Despite the shorter run time, the characters still feel like they had all the room they needed to breathe and grow. All our major players have full arcs, and not one of them felt rushed.

In fact, there were plenty of characters who got more screen time than I expected, as well as all the throwbacks to previous seasons that you would expect in the final run of a show. As the camera player's view has a heads-up display , black bars are added in post-production to hide the top and bottom portions containing irrelevant in-game information, creating a letterbox effect. Most machinima is made with computer games, which often have HUDs that can be easily disabled in one way or another. Console games such as Halo and Halo 2 are often more limited in this respect.

But before the official launch of chapter 3 season 1, the trailer for the next era Epics – a big release of the free-to-play version of a single axe has leaked on the web revealing new skins, game mechanics and characters coming soon. The trailer reveals massive changes coming to the game, including a completely revised map, new locations, new skins, a racecourse, a giant statue of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's character The Foundation, and at least two major collabs. That care is evident in every level ofThe Expanse, and it really shines during these final six episodes.

The writing is sharper than ever, and the impressive cast delivers on every single scene. The score is on point, building on existing themes while adding new ones at key moments. There are a couple of specific scenes that left me gasping and wide-eyed, including one of the best spaceship chase sequences I've ever seen on the small screen.

Members of the official website can become FIRST members, originally referred to as sponsors, for a fee of US$5 every month or US$20 every six months. For example, before the premiere of season 12, Rooster Teeth released exclusive audio logs featuring some of the main characters exclusively for FIRST members. Praised for its originality, the series has won four awards at film festivals held by the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences.

It has also won the award for "Best Animated Web Series" from the International Academy of Web Television . It also won a 2013 Webby Award for Animation, as well as nominated in 2014. It has been credited with bringing new popularity to Machinima, helping it to gain more mainstream exposure, and attracting more people to the art form.

Graham Leggat, former director of communications for Lincoln Center's film society, described Red vs. Blue as "truly as sophisticated as Samuel Beckett". Rooster Teeth has created episodes, some under commission from Microsoft, for special events. Red vs. Blue content was also included with the Legendary Edition of Halo 1 to Halo 4, where the original cast had also made cameo appearances in the personalities of their Red vs. Blue characters. In an exciting twist to the newly-released Fortnite Season 6, Variety has now revealed that the directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo from the Avengers franchise helped helm the action-packed cinematic trailer. Beyond being a free-to-player multiplayer experience, Fortnite prides itself by introducing rich lore with every new season.

This time it's no different, and they recruited the acclaimed filmmakers to help them tell their story. Chapter 2's concluding event took things another step forward, and now we'll have to wait and see what Epic has in store for Chapter 3. Phillip Tinner is a Game News Editor at Screen Rant, and he has written about all things gaming, film, and TV for the site since 2018. In History from Texas A&M University and is fascinated by the many areas where the virtual and real worlds meet. He can normally be found rewatching an old TV show, taking a hike, or complaining about new video games. He hopes readers enjoy his content as much as he does researching and producing it, and he can be reached anytime on Twitter @PhilKimTin or LinkedIn.

Last time this was around 36 hours - with nothing but a black hole for players to watch for the duration - and we can imagine this will be the same here. If so, then you can expect to start playing Chapter 3 sometime late Monday morning / early afternoon UK time. Red vs. Blue is widely credited with attracting public attention to machinima and web-series.

The first instance of machinima dates back to the 1990s in the first-person shooter game Quake. A group that called themselves "The Rangers" created a software mod of them typing in the chat box and putting lines of dialogue on the screen. Even though Rooster Teeth is not the first to produce machinima, Clive Thompson credited Red vs. Blue as "the first to break out of the underground". Tavares, Gil, and Roque called it machinima's "first big success", and Paul Marino noted that "the series proved so popular that it not only transcended the typical gamer, it also claimed fans outside the gaming world". Burns has said multiple times in DVD audio commentary and in public journal entries that he had minor issues writing towards large events in season 3, in terms of scheduling and pacing. The first problem was in compacting the plot from episode 39 to where the characters are sent into the future in episode 43, to mark the release of and the transfer of filming to Halo 2.

The second issue involved the pacing of events leading up to those planned for the special 50th episode. The events initially envisioned for the episode were then deemed too many for a single episode, and were instead spread over episodes 50 to 52. In turn, this led to new hardships when events had to be compacted once more to meet the tradition of ending a season on its 19th episode, episode 57. On March 28, 2011, Rooster Teeth presented the first trailer for Season 9 of Red vs Blue which aired on June 14, 2011, during which time Miles Luna officially joined the company. Season 9 acted as a semi-prequel, fleshing out the event surrounding Project Freelancer, one of the key elements of the plot in previous seasons, while continuing the events left off in Revelation. Season 10, which continued Season 9's pattern of showing both stories simultaneously, began on May 28, 2012 and ended on November 5, 2012.

The season concluded the Freelancer backstory while setting up the events of Season 11. The first RWBY trailer was shown following the conclusion of the season's credits. The cinematic trailer is a treat for long-time film and video game fans as it fuses iconic characters from both mediums to populate Jonesy's journey through the map. Showcased in the new trailer for Fortnite Chapter 3 that came about within the past day, it was confirmed that Spider-Man will now be playable in the game in a couple of different ways. For starters, Spidey's standard blue and red costume is front and center and will be the base version of the character that players will be able to obtain.

Fortnite Chapter 3 Trailer Reaction In addition, this trailer also revealed that, at a minimum, two variant Spider-Man skins will also be making an appearance. One of these skins is the symbiote-clad Black Suit Spider-Man, while the other is the Future Foundation skin. Based on this trailer, it looks like these skins will be unlockable by purchasing the Chapter 3 Battle Pass that is available in Fortnite. Fortnite Season 8 hasn't yet been officially teased by Epic, but that doesn't mean fans aren't still looking forward to the future of Battle Royale. With that thought in mind, we're here to reveal everything we know about the upcoming Battle Pass including its projected start date, start time, and potential skins. For now, leaks and teases are the exclusive way to learn these interesting details.

Rooster Teeth Productions has created special Red vs. Blue videos for various events. For example, Microsoft has commissioned Red vs. Blue videos for Xbox demo kiosks found in game stores and for a developer conference. Barenaked Ladies has also commissioned videos for their concerts, as frontman Ed Robertson was a fan of the series, and would later voice a character, Captain Butch Flowers. Other videos have been specifically created for gaming magazines, including Electronic Gaming Monthly and Computer Gaming World; gaming conventions, including E3 and the Penny Arcade Expo; and the Sundance Film Festival.

Starting in season 8, action sequences have been made with dedicated animation that involve stunts not possible with the previous game engine. For this, they teamed up with animator Monty Oum, a fan of the series. Making the show more ambitious and reliant on computer animation led to extensive planning – fight choreography, storyboards, animatics – for episodes that take months to be completed, in contrast to machinima ones that are done in just a week. On April 1, 2016, a trailer for Season 14 was released, with its first episode airing on May 8, 2016. Rooster Teeth initially envisioned Red vs. Blue to be short, but the series grew beyond their expectations. Burns and Ramsey had preconceived a list of jokes for which they allocated six to eight episodes.

By episode 8, however, they realized that the series had fleshed out more than expected; they had covered only about one third of their original list. The whole production team eventually quit their jobs and began to work full-time on the series; to generate revenue they created an online store to sell T-shirts. Rooster Teeth was initially unaware of the broader machinima movement. For the past two seasons, leakers have managed to get inside some Epic Games files, and find the new season battle pass trailer. This has almost become a new season tradition, as just hours before the new season commences there always seems to be some sort of leak. After that, the event took an interesting twist, moving the perspective under the surface of the island to a CGI cutscene.

Then, a hulking figure known as The Foundation burst in to save the day — and he took off his mask to reveal that he's played by, as suspected, none other than Dwayne Johnson. The game's latest season has been all about the cubes, and right when the event loaded up, a mysterious giant blue cube spawned on the map next to all of the players in my lobby. Jumping at the cube bounced players away, but it otherwise, didn't do anything beyond loom ominously. We also could look at the Cube Queen in the distance, which has been floating in an energy ball over the center of the island for part of the season. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. The End playlist, which is where the live event will take place, will begin 30 minutes before the above times - and based on the popularity of previous events, it's highly recommended you log in then to ensure your place to see the finale.

Another difficulty when recording in Halo 2 was the enormous shadow over Red Base in the map Coagulation. This shadow had a detrimental effect on the appearance of the characters. To avoid this, late in Season 4 a glitch was discovered that allowed a character to appear lit even in a dark area. Burnie Burns stated in the Season 4 audio commentary that the glitch was something they kept noticing a lot while recording the episodes, and when they discovered how to replicate it they utilized it extensively. During the first five seasons, the videos were mostly recorded on the Halo map Blood Gulch and its Halo 2 counterpart, Coagulation, although later episodes have increasingly been recorded on other maps.

In January 2005, Burnie Burns and Kathleen Zuelch were interviewed in an episode of The Screen Savers on G4. In response to a question regarding any drawbacks to using machinima techniques, Burns responded "There are drawbacks, like it's a very limited world". PC games often allow for the addition and integration of new game assets, such as new levels and textures; console games are much more limited in this respect.

"But really what you end up doing is you end up writing around what's in that world, that limited world ... sometimes we sit around and we think 'what can we possibly do with stuff that's in the game?'". As an example, the skull from the Oddball multiplayer mode of Halo was used for the flashback scene in episode 10, in which Tex beats Private Jimmy to death with his own skull. The process by which the show is written has changed as the show progressed.

In the first season, Burnie Burns would typically write an episode script on a Sunday afternoon before the episode was to be released on Friday. Scripts were written with minimal planning as the storyline grew beyond the 6 to 8 episodes originally expected. Church's death, as well as the revelation of Tex as a female character, both of which drove most of the season 1 plot, were conceived shortly before their respective episodes began production. On September 7, 2012, Burnie Burns appeared on What's Trending and confirmed that there would be a Season 11, which premiered on June 14, 2013 and started the Chorus Trilogy.

The trilogy picked up where Season 10 left off and returned to a format similar to that of The Blood Gulch Chronicles, having no pre-rendered CGI. On February 3, 2014, Miles Luna announced Season 12 on Rooster Teeth's website. The season premiered on April 28, 2014 and concluded on September 29, 2014. The final season of the Chorus Trilogy, Season 13, was announced on March 4, 2015, with a release date of April 1, 2015. The season brought back a handful of characters from the series, including Sharkface, the Counselor, Junior, and Sister, and ended with a cliffhanger on September 7, 2015.