Overview
- Sony sued in July alleging Tencent’s Light of Motiram unlawfully copies the Horizon franchise’s look, characters, and world.
- Tencent’s September 17 filing in the Northern District of California calls the case speculative because the game is unreleased and the alleged infringements may never occur.
- The motion says Sony is trying to turn common genre elements into proprietary assets, quoting a Horizon developer’s past acknowledgement of similarities to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.
- Tencent contends none of the served entities develop or market Light of Motiram, identifying Polaris Quest/Aurora Studios and Proxima Beta PTE Ltd. as the relevant affiliates.
- Public materials for Light of Motiram were altered after the suit, its Steam page now shows less Horizon-like imagery, and the release window has shifted to 2027.