Tencent’s upcoming title Light of Motiram has found itself in hot water after Sony filed a copyright infringement lawsuit, alleging the game is essentially a “slavish clone” of the Horizon series from Guerrilla Games. 
The comparisons have been obvious since the game’s first reveal, with critics pointing to striking similarities in character design, world elements, and even mechanical creatures that closely resemble Horizon’s iconic robotic dinosaurs.
The lawsuit, filed late last month, points out that Tencent allegedly approached Sony years ago about collaborating on a Horizon project. Sony declined-and shortly after, Tencent began developing Light of Motiram. Now, with legal pressure mounting, Tencent has quietly made significant changes to the game’s Steam page. The key art has been altered, the game description rewritten, and several screenshots-including those showing a red-haired protagonist-have been removed.
Originally, the description promised a vast open world filled with ‘Mechanimals’ and technology-building from a primitive age. The new, stripped-down text is far more generic, focusing only on survival and facing dangerous bosses, with no mention of Mechanimals or other elements critics say mirror Horizon too closely.
Whether these changes will influence the outcome of the lawsuit remains uncertain. On paper, the case might look like an easy win for Sony, but legal battles between industry giants are rarely straightforward. Regardless of the verdict, the situation is likely to set a notable precedent for how closely a game can resemble another without crossing into infringement-and might serve as a warning for developers who tread too close to existing IPs.