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(FPS) games, military life, and science fiction films. Initially intended to be a short series of six to eight episodes, the project quickly and unexpectedly achieved significant popularity following its Internet premiere on April 1, 2003. The fifth season of the original ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'' series ended with episode 100, released on June 28, 2007. Three mini-series—''Out of Mind'', ''Recovery One'', and ''Relocated'' —and the three-part ''Recollection'' trilogy containing the full-length ''Reconstruction'' (2008), ''Recreation'' (2009) and ''Revelation'' (2010) series (Seasons 6–8) have extended the plot. The ''Project Freelancer'' saga began with Season 9 (2011) and follows two separate stories: a continuation to the ''Recollection'' trilogy and a prequel set before the events of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''. The two stories are continued in two further mini-series—''MIA'' and ''Where There's a Will, There's a Wall''—and concluded in Season 10 (2012). Burnie Burns confirmed in ''What's Trending'' that the series would continue with Season 11, which premiered on June 14, 2013; and Season 11 was later followed by Season 12 and Season 13. In 2016, Season 14 was released as the first anthology season, consisting of several canon and non-canon stories created by in-house writers as well as several outside writers;

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'', etc. Season 15 debuted in 2017, continuing the canonical story following the events of Season 13. In March, Joe Nicolosi announced Season 16 which focused the events after the last season with a reduced episode count. Nicolosi stepped down after Season 16 concluded, with Jason Weight taking over writing duties and both Josh Ornelas and Austin Clark taking over directing duties for Season 17, which had an even more reduced episode count. On January 15, 2020, Season 18 was confirmed to be in development with a brief 3-second clip being shown in a promo trailer for upcoming Rooster Teeth releases. The season was done by ''Death Battle'' writers Noël Wiggins, Joshua Kazemi, and Ben Singer based on a story by the season's director Torrian Crawford. Episodes are released earlier for subscribers of Rooster Teeth's premium service, originally known as Sponsors and renamed in 2016 as FIRST.

Series overview

Episodes

''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''

Season 1 (2003)

In a boxed canyon called Blood Gulch, the boring lives of two opposing teams are about to change with the arrival of a mercenary.

Season 2 (2004)

The misadventures of the Reds and Blues continue with the arrival of a medic and a psychotic A.I.'s quest to rule the universe.

Season 3 (2004–05)

The Reds and Blues' conflict with O'Malley takes an explosive turn: literally.

Season 4 (2005–06)

The Reds are back in a familiar setting while the Blues go on a quest with an alien and a sword, all the while O'Malley plans his next move.

Season 5 (2006–07)

The ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'' ends as the Reds and Blues' conflict with O'Malley reaches its climax.

''The Recollection''

Season 6: ''Reconstruction'' (2008)

A year after the events in Blood Gulch, Agent Washington of Project Freelancer sets out to stop an entity known as "The Meta" who is killing Freelancer agents and stealing their A.I.s. With help from the Reds and Blues, Washington will also uncover dark secrets about Project Freelancer.

Season 7: ''Recreation'' (2009)

Caboose sets out on a quest in an attempt to bring back Church.

Season 8: ''Revelation'' (2010)

The Reds and Blues prepare for a final showdown with former Project Freelancer agents Washington and Maine. Epsilon Church sets out to find the truth about Project Freelancer, the Director and the late Agent Texas.

''The Project Freelancer Saga''

Season 9 (2011)

In the memory capture unit, Epsilon Church hopes to find Tex in the memories of Blood Gulch. The season features flashbacks of Project Freelancer's prime during their conflict against a rogue UNSC faction.

Season 10 (2012)

Carolina leads the Reds and Blues on a vengeful quest to find the Director of Project Freelancer: Dr. Leonard Church.

''The Chorus Trilogy''

Season 11 (2013)

The Reds and Blues crash-land on a mysterious planet and wait to be rescued. However, mysterious forces are watching them.

Season 12 (2014)

The Reds and Blues are caught in the middle of a civil war on the former UNSC colony Chorus. But all is not as it seems as a mysterious, sinister force manipulates both sides.

Season 13 (2015)

It's all-out war as the Reds and Blues lead the people of Chorus against a mercenary army led by Hargrove, Felix and Locus.

''Anthology''

Season 14 (2016)

A collection of canonical and non-canonical stories of the RVB universe.

''The Shisno Trilogy''

Season 15 (2017)

An investigative reporter and her bumbling cameraman search for the Reds and Blues and answers for attacks on the UNSC.

Season 16: ''The Shisno Paradox'' (2018)

The Reds and Blues venture through the space-time continuum with drastic consequences.

Season 17: ''Singularity'' (2019)

Donut leads the Reds and Blues against Genkins to restore the space-time continuum.

''Zero''

Season 18: ''Zero'' (2020)

Season 19: ''Family Shatters'' (2021)

Film: ''Restoration'' (2024)

A film that concluded the series story, ''Restoration'', was released on May 21, 2024 and was written by Burns and directed by Hullum. The trailer implies that the events from the ''Shisno Trilogy'' and ''Zero'' (seasons 15–18 and ''Family Shatters'') have never occurred in the series continuity, only appearing as Epsilon-Church's "simulations" in an attempt to save the Reds and Blues at the end of its thirteenth season.