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 ...

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 ...

Director Peter Jackson is selling his visual effects studio, which helped create characters for films like Avatar and Planet of the Apes Lord of the Rings Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson is ...

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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 ...

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Unity Software Inc 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 cash-and-stock deal, the companies said ...

“The Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson is selling most of his visual effects studio Weta Digital to Unity, which makes development software for video games, for $1.6 billion. The ...