Tencent has quietly eliminated, edited, and/or changed key artwork on the Steam web page of its upcoming journey sport, Gentle of Motiram, simply days after Sony filed a copyright lawsuit.
In direction of the top of final yr, Tencent’s growth studio, Polaris Quest, revealed Gentle of Motiram, a post-apocalyptic open-world survival crafting sport that includes mechanised animal-like creatures that bore a outstanding resemblance to these in Guerrilla and PlayStation’s Horizon collection.
Quick-forward to July, and Sony introduced it was suing Tencent for allegedly ripping off PlayStation’s Horizon online game franchise, claiming Tencent had requested Sony for permission to license the IP, and pushed on with “slavish clone” Gentle of Motiram regardless of Sony’s refusal.
Whereas Tencent has not commented publicly on the lawsuit, nonetheless, modifications recorded on SteamDB present Gentle of Motriam’s Steam web page has been quietly up to date. Not solely have quite a lot of screenshots and trailers been eliminated – together with the duvet picture, which used to function this Aloy Alike picture however has since been up to date to this as an alternative – however promotional photographs on the Steam retailer have additionally been swapped out (thanks, The Recreation Submit).
The sport’s description has equally been up to date, too. It used to learn, “In a world overrun by colossal machines, discover the huge open world, construct your base of operations, advance expertise, prepare Mechanimals, and tackle formidable bosses. Ranging from the primitive age, forge a brand new path of growth. Defy the machination, survive with mechanimals.”
Examine the Steam web page as we speak, nonetheless, and it now states: “Make sensible use of the whole lot round you to remain alive and face off towards formidable bosses, each step is fraught with hazard and requires braveness. Solely by overcoming the challenges of survival are you able to carve out a spot for your self on this unforgiving land.”
Earlier this yr, Sony introduced an upcoming movie adaptation of Guerrilla’s video games was on the way in which.
