Sony Lawsuit Slams Tencent's New Game As A 'Slavish Clone' Of Horizon

Game developers often borrow and build upon ideas from other games, but there’s a fine line between incorporating a gameplay mechanic and wholesale copying every facet of a title. Tencent is being accused of crossing that line, rather blatantly, with one of its upcoming games. At least that’s according to the lawsuit filed by Sony, PlayStation’s parent company.

Sony’s suit, as seen by Reuters, alleges that Tencent’s Light of Motiram is a “slavish clone” of its popular Horizon series. Nearly all aspects of the game, such as its “story and gameplay themes, cultural, and character elements, but also art style, landscapes, architectural and art elements, color palettes, fonts, and symbols,” are identical. It even goes so far as to point out the similarities in the points of view and lighting.

However, there’s a lot more to this than Sony finding a striking similarity between ...