Earlier this summer, a battle between gaming giants began when Sony filed a lawsuit against Tencent, alleging that the latter’s upcoming game, Light of Motiram, is infringing on Sony’s Horizon franchise. Now, Tencent appears to have revamped its presentation of Light of Motiram and downplayed its similarities to Sony’s game. Tencent has changed several elements on Light of Motiram’s Steam …
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It’s almost as if Tencent predicted it would face a lawsuit over its Horizon knock-off Light of Motiram. Just a week after it was made public Sony plans to sue Tencent over the similarities between the two games, the Light of Motiram Steam page has been overhauled with entirely new artwork and game descriptions. Spotted by The Game Post, its …
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Sony’s lawsuit over Horizon similarities has Light of Motiram changing its Steam store, changing screenshots, art, and even its game description. Polaris Quest’s Light of Motiram was first revealed in November 2024, and it didn’t take long for people to notice the similarities to Guerrilla’s Horizon games. The reactions were blunt; fans and media alike called it a straight-up knock-off, …
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Celtics If approved by the league, Pagliuca’s group reportedly plans to move the Sun to Boston by 2027. The Connecticut Sun have played two games at TD Garden over the last two years. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff By Conor Roche August 2, 2025 | 2:05 PM 2 minutes to read The Connecticut Sun might be calling Boston home soon. Celtics minority …
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Kevin Costner‘s production vehicle for Horizon has settled a lawsuit accusing it of failing to pay for costume rentals. United Costume Corporation on Thursday informed the court of a deal to resolve the case. Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed. Amid mounting financial and legal woes, Horizon Series, Costner’s loan-out firm, was sued in May for breach of contract for …
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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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Chinese gaming giant Tencent pitched Sony on making a Horizon mobile game, one that would have expanded the world of the franchise to Asia and included multiplayer and games-as-a-service elements, according to court documents. Details of the pitch are included in the recent lawsuit Sony filed against Tencent, alleging Tencent’s upcoming open-world game Light of Motiram to be a copy …
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Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West publishers Sony have called in the lawyers over Tencent’s upcoming Light of Motiram, arguing in a lawsuit filing (spotted by Reuters) that the post-apocalyptic action adventure looks a little too much like their post-apocalyptic action adventure. The case alleges that Light of Motiram, currently in development at Tencent subsidiary Polaris Quest, is a “slavish clone” of …
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Sony has filed a lawsuit against Tencent, claiming its upcoming game Light of Motiram is a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series. As initially reported by Reuters, Sony has filed a lawsuit in California federal court alleging copyright and trademark infringement, and claiming that the game is so close to Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West that players could …
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While the similarities between the two games are indeed obvious and the legal proceedings seem like a natural turn of events, there’s one important detail that makes the entire lawsuit feel a wee bit odd – the fact that PlayStation itself was promoting LIGHT OF MOTIRAM back when it was first announced. As spotted by 80 Level in early December …
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