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 ...

Acquisition to put award-winning VFX tools and technology into the hands of millions of creators and artists SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating ...

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 ...

Unity has announced its intent to purchase Weta Digital, the visual effects company co-founded by New Zealand film director Sir Peter Jackson, for $1.6 billion. Under the acquisition, Unity will ...

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Weta Digital’s ...

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 ...