Overview

• Tencent filed its motion in the Northern District of California, arguing Sony seeks an impermissible monopoly on widely used game elements.
• Tencent says the served entities—Tencent Holdings, Tencent America, and Proxima Beta U.S.—aren’t responsible for Light of Motiram, pointing instead to Polaris Quest in Shanghai and Proxima Beta PTE in Singapore.
• The company argues Sony’s complaint relies on common tropes rather than protectable expression and faults it for not identifying a specific trademark allegedly infringed.
• To undercut claims of originality, Tencent cites Guerrilla art director Jan-Bart van Beek’s comments noting conceptual similarities between Horizon and 2013’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.
• The motion stresses that Light of Motiram is not expected until 2027 and that alleged infringements have not occurred, while the developer has already revised Steam page art and descriptions; the court has not ruled.