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.

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.

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, the popular "build once, deploy anywhere" 3D game engine, is going 2D. At the company's UNITE conference in Vancouver this morning, CEO David Helgason announced three things: official ...