I tuned in for the RWBY panel of RTX at Home 2021, and it was a lot of fun. It started off by showing off some cool merch including apparel and Geeki Tiki mugs. The cool apparel is only available until July 17, so you’ll want to hurry. Then, more fall apparel was revealed coming soon. There was also an awesome Remnant Map fleece blanket and the physical CD version of the soundtrack for Volume 7 which are available now.
RWBY: Roman Holiday was officially revealed as the new novel from E. C. Myers which will focus on Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan, and that’s very exciting. It’ll launch on September 7 and is not a continuation of the Vacuo story we’ve gotten in the last two books. It will be an origin story for the pair, and I’m very excited to read it! Pre-orders are live now.
Every friendship has a beginning. Read about Roman & Neo’s in this all new RWBY novel from @Scholastic @ecmyers . Releasing 9/7 pic.twitter.com/a16wXi6fFp
— RWBY (@OfficialRWBY) July 9, 2021
There’s also a Yang Popup Parade figure from Good Smile to go with the other members of Team RWBY now available. Yang will be available to pre-order soon. It was also announced that after Yang, Penny will be getting a figure. Acrylic standees from Fan Forge and some awesome apparel are also available now.
Physical editions of RWBY: Grimm Eclipse – Definitive Edition are now available to pre-order through Limited Run Games for the Nintendo Switch. The Blu-ray of Volume 8 will be available on November 23 and comes with cards with the variant art covers of RWBY x Justice League. All of the comics are available digitally now with the print copy of issue #4 launching July 27. The Volume 8 soundtrack is being delayed because of medical reasons affecting the composers, but the single “Friends” is available now for you to listen to. I wish the best to the family.
We then got a look at the upcoming video game from WayForward and Arc System Works. The game is RWBY: Arrowfell and is set to launch in 2022. It looks like there are some new original characters for fans to get pumped for. The game is canon to the RWBY universe and takes place during Volume 7. It’s a Metroidvania game which is pretty exciting and you can play multiplayer co-op locally and online.
The team then announced that they’re in the middle of production, but they don’t have a release date yet. We then got to see a clip, and it’s pretty intense. Kerry Shawcross described it as a favorite of many of the cast and crew and the most unique Volume of the show.
The panel then ended with a Q&A with fan questions.