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

Unity also showed off a visual effects graph for intuitively creating new VFX, which they demonstrated via a three-minute demo about exploring a derelict spaceship.

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.