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DirtBag 28 Jul @ 4:59pm

Sony Is Suing the Chinese Tencent Over Shameless Horizon Knock-off Game Light of Motiram.

The complaint, which was filed in a California court last week, alleges that Tencent's upcoming adventure game Light of Motiram is illegally similar to Horizon: Forbidden West and Horizon: Zero Dawn in everything from creature design to protagonist to marketing materials. The complaint outlines numerous similarities, comparing various marketing screenshots from both games as well as the game descriptions.

Tencent knew exactly what it was doing here. Sony says that Tencent began developing Light of Motiram in 2023, and approached Sony at the 2024 Game Developers Conference to ask for a licensing deal to develop its own Horizon game. Sony turned Tencent down. But Tencent kept developing Light of Motiram anyway. Sony also claims it approached Tencent informally to resolve the copyright dispute once it became aware of the game, but when it did so, Sony says Tencent tried once again to license Horizon. Sony once again refused, and Tencent allegedly moved forward with the game's promotions and playtests.

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ṼṏẌṏḭḊ 28 Jul @ 5:02pm

CEOs: Hey, I know... Let's gimp the gaming industry even more with pointless legal BS.

DirtBag 28 Jul @ 5:04pm

https://youtu.be/NC9AciQQEe0?si=P7tT2NAY11kuoiv1

BigBallinChester 28 Jul @ 5:05pm

I thought it was going to be some palworld tier knock off that's just vaguely related. Nope the game is nearly identical to Horizon.

vkobe 28 Jul @ 5:08pm

Originally posted by DirtBag:
Sony Is Suing the Chinese Tencent Over Shameless Horizon Knock-off Game Light of Motiram.

The complaint, which was filed in a California court last week, alleges that Tencent's upcoming adventure game Light of Motiram is illegally similar to Horizon: Forbidden West and Horizon: Zero Dawn in everything from creature design to protagonist to marketing materials. The complaint outlines numerous similarities, comparing various marketing screenshots from both games as well as the game descriptions.

Tencent knew exactly what it was doing here. Sony says that Tencent began developing Light of Motiram in 2023, and approached Sony at the 2024 Game Developers Conference to ask for a licensing deal to develop its own Horizon game. Sony turned Tencent down. But Tencent kept developing Light of Motiram anyway. Sony also claims it approached Tencent informally to resolve the copyright dispute once it became aware of the game, but when it did so, Sony says Tencent tried once again to license Horizon. Sony once again refused, and Tencent allegedly moved forward with the game's promotions and playtests.

depend if they release the game only in china or if they want global market

china=sony waste money for nothing

global market sony can block the game to other countries

Siluva 28 Jul @ 5:09pm

They're affraid in makes bigger sales

miakisfan 28 Jul @ 5:42pm

Originally posted by DirtBag:
Sony Is Suing the Chinese Tencent Over Shameless Horizon Knock-off Game Light of Motiram.

The complaint, which was filed in a California court last week, alleges that Tencent's upcoming adventure game Light of Motiram is illegally similar to Horizon: Forbidden West and Horizon: Zero Dawn in everything from creature design to protagonist to marketing materials. The complaint outlines numerous similarities, comparing various marketing screenshots from both games as well as the game descriptions.

Tencent knew exactly what it was doing here. Sony says that Tencent began developing Light of Motiram in 2023, and approached Sony at the 2024 Game Developers Conference to ask for a licensing deal to develop its own Horizon game. Sony turned Tencent down. But Tencent kept developing Light of Motiram anyway. Sony also claims it approached Tencent informally to resolve the copyright dispute once it became aware of the game, but when it did so, Sony says Tencent tried once again to license Horizon. Sony once again refused, and Tencent allegedly moved forward with the game's promotions and playtests.

Sigh ... you would think this wouldn't be a new thing by now.

The Chinese have been stealing tech and other things from everyone other country (especially the U.S.). What would make me believe that a company in China wouldn't do the same thing?