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Sony sues Tencent over Horizon Zero Dawn ‘clone’ – but the real issue is creative exhaustion

Sony sues Tencent over Horizon Zero Dawn ‘clone’ – but the real issue is creative exhaustion

Sony’s recent lawsuit against Tencent’s Polaris Quest studio over the game Light of Motiram, for similarities to the Horizon franchise, reads like a bizarre déjà vu moment for me, and I think for many gamers. And it speaks to a deeper issue with games and creativity. The claim? That Tencent’s new open-world, but unreleased, adventure appears to have heavily borrowed …

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