Unity has pulled out of the professional services piece of an agreement Unity struck with Weta FX in 2021, resulting in the lost of 265 jobs.

Unity software is scuttling Peter Jackson's Weta FX visual effects company, which will lead to an estimated 265 jobs being eliminated.

Unity is making further cuts to its workforce as it ends an agreement with Weta FX. The company will eliminate 265 jobs, or 3.8 percent of its global workforce, as part of a company "reset ...

All 256 laid off workers were part of Unity’s Wētā Digital division; several Wētā FX tools and 275 employees were acquired by Unity in 2021 in a $1.6 billion deal.

Unity to scrap agreement with Weta FX & lay off around 265 employees Unity entered the agreement with Peter Jackson's VFX studio in 2021, acquiring its Weta Digital subsidiary in the process.

Unity also reportedly closed 14 offices around the world after it announced a loss this month. According to the FX Guide web site, Weta FX has pledged to rehire some former staff from shuttered Weta ...