Overview

• PlayStation Head of Mobile Olivier Courtemanche flew to China to meet Tencent’s Aurora Studios for a potential The Last of Us collaboration, signaling openness to third‑party use of Naughty Dog IP.
• Aurora instead pitched a Horizon Zero Dawn project, surprising Sony, and the talks collapsed because Sony did not want to license Horizon.
• The filing describes the proposed work as a “collaboration” and does not explicitly identify it as a mobile game.
• Sony states the meeting occurred before it was aware of Light of Motiram, which it alleges infringes Horizon in the ongoing case.
• Coverage highlights critical player reactions, including fatigue with further The Last of Us projects and concern over a potential partnership with Tencent.