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 ...

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 entered an agreement to acquire VFX platform Weta Digital, with aims to lean further into the metaverse. Weta was co-founded by director Peter Jackson, and is responsible for the digital ...

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Unity Software Inc (U.N), opens new tab will buy Weta Digital, a visual effects (VFX) studio known for its work in movies such as "Godzilla vs. Kong" and "Avatar" in a $1.63 billion ...

The deal means democratizing Weta Digital's industry-leading toolset, more real-time virtual production, and Weta having the financing to make its own animated movies and series. With Tuesday’s ...

A massive shake-up in the VFX market as Unity makes the potentially game-changing purchase of Weta Digital and aims to release its tools to the masses. In one of the most dramatic moves that anyone ...

265 people to be made redundant just over two years since it acquired Weta Digital for £1.21bn Unity has pulled out of the professional services piece of an agreement Unity struck with Weta FX in 2021 ...