Oh that it did. I always did think RWBY would make for a good fighting game setting.

A lot a lot of people say RWBY is perfect for a fighting game roster, which in a way it would be, but since I struggle with fighting games I'd love to see something more like a beat-em-up or maybe an RPG.^†^ The setting (well, moreso the presentation of the setting given how little a threat the Grimm have been shown to be to our heroes) would also be a perfect fit for a Dynasty Warriors-type of game, but considering how Grimm Eclipse kinda flopped^‡^ I doubt we'll ever see a proper game in that style.

I'm actually kind of partial to the Arrowfell game and think that a metroidvania with a character swap mechanic to solve traversal puzzles could work well. Arrowfell is what I consider a solid 6/10 game -- a decent game, has some obvious flaws but not so terrible to make it unenjoyable, could be better -- but the fact it was developed by Wayforward (i.e. the studio behind Shantae) makes it feel more like a travesty. The story is also a hot mess and includes team RWBY beating up a black union leader.

^†^Personally, I'd love something slower and more cerebral like a tactics game (think Fire Emblem), but I imagine a style-based action RPG akin to the Devil May Cry series would fit most people's idea of "an ideal RWBY RPG" better.

^‡^I'll need to post a funny vid about that if you've not seen Grimm Eclipse, but long story short is that the game seems to have elements of the Musou games in its DNA but ends up being more of a wave-based arena brawler

That is an excellent conspiracy theory. I live for this slander, care to talk more about it? I know there was the RWBY anime thing a while ago tho I haven’t seen it.

It's actually tied into production of that anime (RWBY: Ice Queendom, not to be confused with the fan project RWBY: Dust Queen). As part of whatever deal they had, Ice Queendom was supposed to be simuldubbed in Japanese and English, obviously with RT doing the English dub. They were extremely unprepared for the production pace of Japanese anime and the Eng dub fell way behind as they flubbed their deadlines, so that's one black mark.

The bigger thing is that Arryn Zech (Blake's VA) made a big stink on twitter about one of the guys on the Japanese production side, dragging up some past drama he was involved in (which did go to court but IIRC he was acquitted? I forget the details). Besides being extremely unprofessional, stirring shit like that with personal drama is a BIG no-no in Japanese culture, and I would not be surprised if the incident didn't put a black mark on the crew as far as the Japanese side is concerned.