Earlier this summer season, a battle between gaming giants started when Sony filed a lawsuit against Tencent, alleging that the latter’s upcoming recreation, Light of Motiram, is infringing on Sony’s Horizon franchise. Now, Tencent seems to have revamped its presentation of Gentle of Motiram and downplayed its similarities to Sony’s recreation.
Tencent has modified a number of parts on Light of Motiram’s Steam page (by way of The Game Post), together with a brand new description for the sport that drops all references to the mechanimals creatures within the story, which appeared and sounded lots like those from Horizon. The brand new description would not have many particular particulars in any respect, and as an alternative tells gamers, “Solely by overcoming the challenges of survival are you able to carve out a spot for your self on this unforgiving land.”
The screenshots for Gentle of Motiram have additionally been swapped out on Steam and changed with new pics that also retain some frequent parts with Horizon. However the screenshots that had a shade palette and backgrounds just like Horizon have been eliminated.
As detailed in Sony’s lawsuit, Tencent pitched a Horizon spin-off that might have featured the sport’s heroine, Aloy, touring to Asia and encountering new mechanimals impressed by Jap mythology in addition to a brand-new solid of characters. Sony rejected the pitch and alleges that Tencent and developer Polaris Quest went forward with the sport whatever the firm’s needs.
Gentle of Motiram’s Steam web page offers the sport a This autumn 2027 launch window. Nevertheless, if Sony’s lawsuit is profitable, the sport’s launch could also be in query.