Light Of Motiram Was Removed From Stores!
Just a few months ago, back at the beginning of 2025, the “new” game Light of Motiram was announced. Reactions to its reveal divided fans: on one side were those who liked its proposal and found nothing wrong or particularly striking about it, and on the other side were those who, like me, found countless similarities with Sony and Guerrilla Games’ iconic franchise, Horizon, the beloved Horizon Zero Dawn, the beginning of the adventures of the brave Aloy, released for PC and PS4 in 2017, and its sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, released for PS4 and PS5 in 2022, and for PC in 2024, not to mention its spin offs, the VR experience Horizon Call of the Mountain from 2023, and LEGO Horizon Adventures from 2024.
The thing is that, just like me, many people found the same similarities, and more importantly, among those many people were representatives from Sony. This led to the start of a legal process due to an obvious accusation of plagiarism by Sony against Tencent, and this in turn resulted in several months of tension that, contrary to what we all expected, came to an end just a few days ago, much sooner than any of us could have imagined. This was the result of an external agreement between both companies, after which Light of Motiram has officially been removed from stores, although it has not been stated that this agreement was the formal reason, we all know how to add 2 + 2, right?
In case you do not remember what Light of Motiram looked like, or you were not aware of its existence and want to judge for yourself the resemblance to Horizon, just below you can see its Official Reveal Trailer, courtesy of IGN:
Discretion Above All
The lawsuit we are talking about was filed by Sony last July, when the Japanese company accused Tencent of developing a title that reproduced protected elements of its Horizon franchise, both on an audiovisual level and in character design. Shortly after the agreement became known, Light of Motiram stopped being available on Steam and the Epic Store, even though its official website still keeps links to both platforms, which now lead nowhere. Other users have detected the removal through SteamDB, where it appears as an application marked as “retired, no longer available”.
Despite this undoubtedly being significant news, there are still many details of the agreement, if not most of them, that remain unknown. It is still not clear whether the game in question has been definitively cancelled, although everything points to yes. The limited information available on the matter has emerged from a series of legal documents collected by our colleagues at Push Square, which establish that the judicial process between PlayStation and Tencent has officially been dismissed due to the aforementioned confidential agreement. From that point on, we can all assume that one of the clauses would be related to the presence of the controversial title on Steam and Epic.
Following the agreement, Sean Durkin, Head of Communications for Tencent Americas, stated that “SIE and Tencent are pleased to have reached a confidential resolution, and will make no further public comment on this matter”, adding only as a final point that both companies “look forward to working together in the future”. Sony, for its part, has not made any public comment on the matter.
The Game That Never Was
Light of Motiram, the title in question, was going to be a f2p open world game, set on a post apocalyptic Earth dominated by mechanical beasts, in which players could explore vast landscapes, discovering ruins and unraveling the secrets of a world in which human civilization as it was known had disappeared. The proposal combined exploration and survival in equal measure, with extreme climates, primordial cultures, and the constant threat of the “mechanimals”. The proposal featured real time combat, and a physics based building system, as well as the ability to train and customize more than a hundred mechanimals with unique abilities, and a cooperative mode for up to ten players.
At this point, I don’t think it’s necessary, but we all remember what Sony and Guerrilla’s Horizon saga was about, right? We are talking about Aloy, a girl descended (without getting into spoilers, in case you have not played them) from the last humans of the civilization prior to the apocalypse, who basically had to traverse a huge open world, exploring ruins and unraveling the secrets of an ancient world that we could call contemporary or even futuristic, facing and even dominating many mechanical animals along the way, traveling through different biomes, each with their own climatic characteristics, their different tribes and their own conflicts among them. Real time combat, lots of agility, and countless weapons to equip and upgrade… Does that sound like something you read earlier? XD
So…
Come on, you can say it: Aloy will always be Aloy, as perfect and unique as we remember her, and any character that resembles her will instantly put us off. Yes, of course, I understand that you may not agree with me, and you can say that this part of the article is purely my personal opinion. The thing is that if we want to know what will happen from now on with Light of Motiram, we will have to keep an eye out for possible news on the matter. In the meantime, the game’s official page still exists, and our love for Guerrilla’s original franchise does too. I said it! XD… Anyway, now I would love to know what you think about it, and for that I invite you to stop by the comments. You know gamer, we’ll be reading you! 😉
Info & Images Source: IGN Official YouTube Channel, AreaJugones, Push Square, VANDAL, Polygon, PlayStation Life Style, Light of Motiram Official Website
