Overview

• Sony filed a lawsuit on July 25 in California’s Northern District Court alleging Light of Motiram copies Horizon’s design, marketing and narrative, and is seeking $150,000 per work plus destruction of infringing materials.
• Within days of the suit becoming public, Tencent replaced Aloy-like key art, removed “mechanimals” references and swapped out Horizon-esque screenshots on the game’s Steam page.
• The game’s description was rewritten to emphasize generic survival challenges and stripped of explicit tribal-machine mechanics and story details tied to Horizon Zero Dawn.
• Tencent pushed the projected launch from late 2025 into the fourth quarter of 2027, indicating that broader revisions extend beyond marketing assets.
• Sony’s case remains active as it pursues injunctions and the surrender and destruction of all allegedly infringing Light of Motiram materials.