Tencent has seemingly removed its upcoming open-world survival game Light of Motiram from both Steam and the Epic Games Store. This removal from storefronts coincides with the sudden settlement of a legal battle between Tencent and Sony, with the latter party claiming back in July that Light of Motiram was a "slavish clone" of Guerrilla Games' Horizon series.
Announced in November 2024, Light of Motiram was in development at Aurora Game Studio, a French developer working under Polaris Quest, itself a subsidiary of Tencent Games. Alongside a 16-minute gameplay trailer showing off its open-world survival gameplay, Light of Motiram debuted with an official description that mentioned a "world overrun by colossal machines" and "unique Mechanimals." Light of Motiram's announcement was immediately met with criticism from Horizon fans, with many claiming it be almost a carbon copy of the Sony first-party franchise in terms of premise and key visual designs, specifically of its main protagonist and machine enemies.
Sony seemed to agree with the general sentiment surrounding Light of Motiram, as in July of this year it officially filed a lawsuit accusing Tencent of copyright and trademark infringement. Sony posited that Tencent had pitched a Horizon mobile...
