Sony Sues Tencent Over Its Horizon Zero Dawn Clone

Sony is suing Tencent for copying astir each facet of its Horizon games for nan upcoming Light of Motiram, an open-world hunting crippled pinch immoderate evident similarities to Sony's franchise, as first reported by Reuters. Tencent first announced nan caller crippled in November 2024.

The suit goes into item connected nan various ways Tencent's caller crippled appears to beryllium unlawfully copying memorable aspects of Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and Lego Horizon Adventures. That see nan basal setup of nan crippled (a post-apocalyptic mounting wherever tribes of humans coexist pinch machines), nan ocular quality of Light of Motiram's characters and moreover really Sony presents nan franchise online. It each adds up to what Sony describes arsenic a "slavish clone" of nan Horizon franchise, thing Engadget and different publications easy clocked erstwhile Tencent first announced nan game.

The astir damning portion of Sony's suit is its declare that Tencent tried to licence nan Horizon IP earlier it moreover announced Light of Motiram. The institution wanted to "develop its ain Horizon game successful collaboration pinch SIE (Sony Interactive Entertainment)," Sony claims, and projected licensing nan Horizon IP to create a mobile crippled that introduced "Eastern aesthetics" and elements for illustration "survival and crafting, pet taming, [multiplayer crippled modes], etc." After Sony rejected nan offer, Tencent announced Light of Motiram anyway, pinch galore of nan mechanics it sounded and utilizing galore recognizable ocular elements of nan Horizon franchise.

In consequence to nan harm and customer disorder caused by Tencent making Light of Motiram, Sony wants an injunction that prevents Tencent from continuing to create aliases merchandise nan game, on pinch money and nan demolition of thing related to Light of Motiram. The shot is successful Tencent's tribunal to reason otherwise, which seems for illustration it mightiness beryllium difficult.