Microsoft buys Simplygon
Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
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Dassault Systèmes acquires Next Limit Dynamics
CAD firm buys division of Next Limit behind its XFlow fluid dynamics software. RealFlow unaffected.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Boris FX acquires GenArts
Buyout will put the competing Boris Continuum Complete and Sapphire collections of compositing and editorial plugins under a single roof.
Friday, September 9th, 2016
Autodesk buys Solid Angle
Acquisition of Arnold renderer will help drive a 'more aggressive' move to the cloud, firm tells CG Channel.
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Autodesk acquires iDraw, rebrands it as Graphic
Indeeo's GPU-accelerated vector drawing tool rebranded Graphic 3.0 and pressure sensitivity added.
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel
Real-time physics system used on Assassin's Creed: Unity expected to help power the Xbox One Cloud.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
Bentley Systems acquires e-on software
So who is e-on's new owner, and what are its plans for tools like LumenRT, Vue and PlantFactory?
Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
Adobe acquires Mixamo
Online animation platform's core tech to be integrated into Photoshop; other services to be migrated to Creative Cloud.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
The Foundry has a new owner - and it isn't Adobe
Private equity firm HgCapital buys majority stake in The Foundry, which stays one of CG's 'few independent companies'.
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Adobe preparing a bid to buy The Foundry?
Owners The Carlyle Group looking for '£150m to £200m' for the firm, reports UK paper The Telegraph.
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Autodesk acquires Tweak Software
Developers of the RV image viewer will join Autodesk's Shotgun team: tools may be integrated in future.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Boris FX acquires Imagineer Systems
Imagineer's mocha planar tracking system to be integrated into Boris FX's Continuum Complete plugins.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
The Carlyle Group to sell The Foundry in 2015?
Private equity firm looking to sell the firm next year for "up to £200m" reports the UK's Sunday Times.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014