Sony settles with Tencent over 'slavish' Horizon clone<p>Earlier this year Sony <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/sony-sues-tencent-over-its-horizon-zero-dawn-clone-191009077.html">sued Tencent[/url] for copyright infringement over its
Light of Motiram game, calling it a "slavish clone" of Horizon Zero Dawn. Then, earlier this month, Tencent agreed to <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/sony-sues-tencent-over-its-horizon-zero-dawn-clone-191009077.html">stop promoting[/url] and publicly testing the game. Now, the two companies have reached a "confidential settlement" and the case has been dismissed, according to <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26381827-sony-v-tencent-stipulation-for-dismissal-pursuant-to-rule-41a1aii/">court documents[/url] seen by <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.theverge.com/news/847080/sony-tencent-lawsuit-horizon-clone-light-of-motiram-settlement">
The Verge[/url].
Light of Motiram has also disappeared from Steam and Epic's game stores. </p>
<p>"SIE and Tencent are pleased to have reached a confidential resolution and will have no further public comment on this matter," Tencent's spokesperson told
The Verge. </p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>When Sony first filed its lawsuit in July 2025, it said that Tencent's game appeared to copy aspects of not just
Horizon Zero Dawn, but other franchise games including <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/horizon-forbidden-west-review-water-robot-dinos-080126554.html">
Horizon Forbidden West[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/lego-horizon-adventures-might-be-sonys-most-important-game-of-the-year-160026354.html">
Lego Horizon Adventures[/url]. That included the post-apocalyptic setting with humans and machines coexisting, the visual appearance of characters and even the marketing materials — something Engadget certainly noticed when Tencent first announced the game.</p>
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Sony settles with Tencent over 'slavish' Horizon clone
