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.

Unity, a maker of video game engines, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Weta Digital, the visual effects studio behind Lord of the Rings, for $1.6 billion.

The cross-platform game development engine Unity has gained improved support for more widely varying hardware and software configurations, as well as new shaders for terrain and foliage and ...

Unity is set to acquire Weta, the visual effects company co-founded by Sir Peter Jackson, for $1.625bn.