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 is ...

Unity Software, a 3D game-development platform, is expanding its VFX footprint in a big way with the $1.625 billion acquisition of the technology division of Peter Jackson‘s New Zealand-based Weta ...

Game engine maker Unity has announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based VFX studio owned by Peter Jackson that's behind the special effects in films including Jackson's Lord of ...

Weta created the Oscar-winning VFX on 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Avatar.' By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Publicly traded tech firm Unity has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Peter ...

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 company ...

Game engine maker Unity has announced it intends to acquire Peter Jackon's VFX company Weta, the studio behind effects in films such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar, Marvel films like ...

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The studio, which pioneered the VFX seen in Lord of the Rings and many more blockbuster films and TV shows, is making its tools available outside Hollywood. Reading time 2 minutes Game development ...

Weta Digital, one of the world’s premier visual effects companies founded by Peter Jackson, has sold its visual effects tech division to Unity in a $1.625 billion deal, according to an individual with ...