US EditionSony Is Suing Tencent, Claiming the Company's Survival Game Light of Motiram Is a 'Slavish Clone' of Horizon Zero Dawn
CALIFORNIA, USA, JUL 25 – Sony alleges Tencent copied key elements of the Horizon series in Light of Motiram and seeks up to $150,000 in damages per infringement to block the game's release.
- On July 25, Sony Interactive Entertainment filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California, accusing Tencent of copyright infringement over Light of Motiram.
- In December 2024, PlayStation China posted a trailer for Light of Motiram amid allegations, with Tencent beginning work on the game in 2023.
- In Friday's filing, Sony alleges Light of Motiram is an alleged clone of Horizon, which has sold 38 million copies, with development beginning in 2023.
- Seeking statutory damages, Sony requests $150,000 per infringement, demands destruction of infringing materials, and warns Tencent will release a `beta version` `imminently`.
- The lawsuit underscores limits of Western legal power over China’s gaming market, as Sony warns that even a decisive victory may be hollow against Tencent’s global reach.
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The upcoming Chinese game, Light of Motiram, is too similar to the Horizon games, according to Sony.
Sony has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in California against Tencent, accusing the Chinese company of copying its Horizon game. According to the lawsuit, Light of Motiram is a “close copy” of Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West. Sony claims that Tencent began development of the game without its knowledge and then offered to collaborate on a new Horizon game, which Sony rejected. However, Tencent continued to develop Light of Motira…
Sony sues Tencent over blatant Horizon Zero Dawn clone, Light of Motiram
Gamers were excited to see what everyone assumed was another entry in the Horizon Zero Dawn series last November. But that excitement turned to bewilderment when the trailer revealed this was a game from Tencent called Light of Motiram.Read Entire Article
Sony sues Tencent over its Horizon Zero Dawn clone
Sony is suing Tencent for copying nearly every aspect of its Horizon games for the upcoming Light of Motiram, an open-world hunting game with some obvious similarities to Sony's franchise, as first reported by Reuters. Tencent first announced the new game in November 2024. The lawsuit goes into detail on the various ways Tencent's new game appears to be unlawfully copying memorable aspects of Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and Lego Ho…
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