Overview
- A joint stipulation filed December 1 says there will be no new promotion or public testing of Light of Motiram while the injunction request is pending.
- Tencent agreed not to move the game’s release earlier than Q4 2027 and not to seek expedited discovery related to the injunction.
- Both sides asked the Northern District of California to hear Tencent’s motion to dismiss and Sony’s injunction request on January 29, 2026.
- Under the schedule, Tencent’s reply on the injunction is due December 17, 2025, and Sony’s reply is due January 2, 2026, with no argument that the extension reflects delay by Sony.
- Sony claims the game copies Horizon and the Aloy character mark, while Tencent argues Sony is overreaching on genre elements; Tencent previously toned down Horizon-like imagery on the game’s Steam page.