Animator Monty Oum, who animated latter seasons of Red vs. Blue and created the anime-esque RWBY as part of Rooster Teeth, passed away on February 1st Rooster Teeth’s Meg Turney announced via The Know that the company would not be posting any videos for today to mourn the loss of Oum.

Oum suffered from an allergic reaction during a simple medical procedure several days ago and went into a coma from which he never recovered. Surrounded by loved ones, from his own family and Rooster Teeth, Oum fought bravely but could not recover.

Oum’s first rise to fame was with the popular crossover animation Haloid before further cementing his talent and creativity with Dead Fantasy. He later joined Rooster Teeth as an animation director, animator and voice actor for its most successful project Red vs. Blue before animating two seasons of RWBY.

You can head here to read more about him as a person and how to donate to his family.

Thank you for your creativity, imagination and incredible work ethic, Monty Oum. We hope Rooster Teeth and the millions of Monty’s supporters and fans worldwide find a way to deal with this tremendous loss.

After its initial reveal at E3 2014 during Microsoft’s media briefing, 343 Industries’ Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be making an appearance at RTX 2014, Rooster Teeth’s convention that takes place from July 4th to 6th in Austin, Texas.

343 Industries and Certain Affinity will be holding an exclusive panel for fans to discuss their design philosophy for The Master Chief Collection along with sharing some stories about the original Halo 2’s development. There will also be some Halo activities for fans along with a Halo store, an exclusive demo of the game’s campaign and even old-school Xbox units set up for players to test their skills against each other or the developer in the original Halo 2.

The developer is also promising a few surprises for fans. More Halo 5: Guardians? Some juicy details about The Master Chief Collection that we don’t know? We’ll find out on July 5th, 12 PM CT so stay tuned for more information.

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