Under the deal the company will be split up, with its technology assets being sold to Unity as Weta Digital. Its visual effects business will remain as a separate company called WetaFX ...

Unity, the company best known for its line of popular video game engines, has announced plans to purchase the tech division of the Peter Jackson-led, New Zealand-based visual-effects studio Weta ...

“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 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 ...