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 ...

Unity software is scuttling Peter Jackson's Weta FX visual effects company, which will lead to an estimated 265 jobs being eliminated.

Wētā FX, the visual effects studio co-founded by filmmaker Peter Jackson, has trimmed its annual loss with rising revenue.The ...

Unity’s acquired company, the tech assets of Weta, will be titled Weta Digital, while Peter Jackson’s Weta visual effects business will remain separate under the banner of WetaFX.

Unity purchases Weta Digital’s visual-effects tool suite for $1.6 billion Major deal continues the slow merging of movie-creation and game-creation tools.

All 275 Weta Digital engineers will join Unity, though Jackson's visual effects business will live on under the new name WetaFX.

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 ...

Video-game engines are speeding up the way visual effects are being rendered, letting actors experience the results in real time.