In July 2025, Sony filed a lawsuit against Tencent claiming that Tencent's upcoming game, Light of Motiram, was a little too similar to the Horizon series.
With Nintendo suing Pocketpair, the developer of Palworld, it feels like other companies are getting a little too aggressive with these lawsuits. Nintendo claims that Palworld is a blatant rip-off of the Pokémon franchise, even going so far as to put a patent on the gameplay mechanic of capturing monsters and battling with them.
With that being said, let's take a look at the official description of Light of Motiram, which was first revealed last year, directly from its Steam page:
For comparison, here's the Steam description for Horizon: Zero Dawn:
Both of those, honestly, are super vague, and I feel like they could fit a wide variety of games. Sony claims that Light of Motiram borrows from Horizon's concept of battling big mech bosses in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Tencent has some thoughts on that, though.
Tencent Says Sony Is Trying To Turn "Ubiquitous Genre Ingredients into Proprietary Assets"
As expected, Tencent has fired back against Sony, calling Sony's lawsuit "startling," an "overreach," and an attempt to "fence off a well-trodden corner...
