Unity purchases Weta Digital’s visual-effects tool suite for $1.6 billion Major deal continues the slow merging of movie-creation and game-creation tools.

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

The visual effects division of Peter Jackson's visual effects studio Weta Digital has been acquired by game engine maker Unity. Weta Digital will continue to be the name of the department that is ...

All 275 Weta Digital engineers will join Unity, though Jackson's visual effects business will live on under the new name WetaFX.

Unity, the video game engine company, has acquired Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings effects studio Weta Digital in a $1.625 billion deal. Under the terms of the proposed deal, which ...

'Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson sold his visual effects studio Weta Digital for $1.6 billion to video game software developer Unity ...

A leading software company in the video game and special effects market announced quarterly results Tuesday after market close. The company also announced the acquisition of a visual effects ...

Last month, Microsoft announced the general availability of the Unity extension for Visual Studio Code. This extension, built upon the C# Dev Kit and C# extensions, offers a toolkit tailored for ...

Wētā FX, the visual effects studio co-founded by filmmaker Peter Jackson, has trimmed its annual loss with rising revenue.The ...

Its visual effects business will remain as a separate company called WetaFX, which is expected to become one of Unity's largest customers.