Tencent has agreed to halt all promotion and public testing of Light of Motiram – the post-apocalyptic open-world survival game that Sony previously accused in a lawsuit of being a “slave clone” of the PlayStation Horizon series – as the two companies battle in court.
Light of Motiram, developed by Tencent's Polaris Quest studio, arrived late last year, and accompanying images of mechanized beast-like creatures and very Aloy-like images of key characters immediately appeared. made comparisons with Horizon. And Sony agreed, filing a lawsuit against Tencent, which accused of copyright and trademark infringement.
We've talked a little since then – Tencent blamed Sony about the desire for an “unacceptable monopoly on genre conventions,” says Sony called “nonsense” – and Tencent even went so far as to quietly refresh the Light of Motiram Steam page to tone down the more “glaring” similarities to Horizon. But the trial continues.
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Sony wants the court to block the sale of Light of Motiram when court hearings begin next year, but in the meantime Tencent has agreed to keep the game out of the spotlight. How reported by TheGamePostThis week, Tencent filed a new filing in a California court, agreeing that “there will be no new promotion or public testing of Light of Motiram” while Sony's request for an injunction is challenged. It's part of a deal that will see Sony give Tencent more time to respond to its injunction request.
“SIE has requested, and Tencent entities have agreed, that (a) the extended briefing schedule and later requested hearing date will not be used to argue that SIE is delayed in seeking a preliminary injunction,” the document states, “(b) there will be no new promotion or public testing of Light of Motiram during the pendency of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, (c) the release of Light of Motiram will not be delayed until the fourth quarter of 2027, and (d) Tencent Entities will not seek expedited discovery in connection with the Motion for Preliminary Injunction.”
TheGamePost notes that Sony and Tencent have jointly requested that court hearings regarding both Sony's injunction request and Tencent's motion to dismiss be rescheduled to the same date in January next year.
