Like tennis, Sony has lobbed the ball back at Tencent with a fiery shot, claiming in a new court filing that the Chinese conglomerate's defense in the two companies' ongoing legal battle over Light of Motiram is "nonsense."

As reported by The Game Post (and spotted by Eurogamer), Sony alleges in a recent court filing that Tencent is doing everything possible to avoid legal liability for Light of Motiram, a mobile game revealed in December 2024 that bears striking similarities to the Horizon franchise. While Tencent sought to have the lawsuit (which was filed in July 2025) dismissed over Sony's attempted "monopoly on genre conventions" in September 2025, Sony now claims that the damage has been done and Tencent is simply "playing a shell game."

"Tencent remarkably contends SIE's claims are unripe because--despite having announced and continuously promoted its game for months--Tencent (purportedly) delayed Light of Motiram's release until 2027 after SIE sued," Sony said. "This is nonsense. The damage is done--and it continues. Although the public expressed confusion and outrage upon discovering Light of Motiram for the knock-off that it is, Tencent remained undeterred. Tencent continued promoting its infringing game over SIE's objection, and Tencent refused to accept any responsibility over its conduct."

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Whenever your Pokemon buddies are in need of healing, you can always depend on that friendly Pokemon Center nurse. These NPCs always had identical character models in mainline Pokemon RPGs, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A turns these attendants into visually distinct characters.

Pokemon Center nurses in Legends: Z-A all share the same hairstyle, featuring those iconic hair loops that recall the Nurse Joy character from the Pokemon anime series. But in Lumiose City, every attendant has a different appearance, with varying skin tones and facial features.

And these characters have their own identities as well--one side mission even has you battle a Pokemon Center clerk named Bien (which translates to "good" or "well" in French). It's not revolutionary compared to other changes in Legends: Z-A, but it's a step towards adding some personality to the series.

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Although the Predator franchise has been around for almost four decades, it hasn't had a lot of video game adaptations that lived up to the original movie. Dan Trachtenberg--the director of Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, and the upcoming Predator: Badlands--wants to see that change. And he believes Predator deserves a game on par with two AAA franchises.

"I am desperate for there to be a third-person action-adventure, Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, that kind of open-world thing," Trachtenberg told IGN. "Concrete Jungle was something that I missed unfortunately. And that was a long time ago. And there's just so much fun to be had game wise, I think, with Predator. I hope it could happen."

Predator: Concrete Jungle was released in 2005, and it put players in control of a Predator who had to reclaim his lost technology from the humans who stole it. While Trachtenberg didn't play that game, he did reveal that he once designed a Predator video game level as part of a contest for the defunct gaming magazine GamePro.

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Borderlands 4 launched in September, and one of the highlights of the game was its introduction of a new gang of Vault Hunters. From the swarthy exo-soldier Rafa to the punk-rock Siren Vex, these misfits nailed the brief for being engaging, colorful, and accidentally heroic in their quest to raid the vaults of Kairos. If you're looking to celebrate these new additions to the Borderlands mythos, then you can pick up new collectible figures of Amon, Harlowe, Rafa, and Vex from the Dark Horse Store.

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These are designed to be detailed--but affordable--additions to your shelf, and preorders are now open for their future release. Each figure is priced at $70 and has a color scheme that replicates their in-game cel-shaded look, but if you pick up the four-pack, you'll save $20 on your purchase.

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Kicking things off is the Forge Knight Amon, a towering nine-inch replica of the burly warrior-poet. His sculpt features his fiery forge-fists and ice-axe, and his base is decorated with a red vault symbol.

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Following Dying Light: The Beast's release in September, developer Techland has now announced an 11-week post-launch DLC roadmap plan for the game, including a range of new content.

The post-launch DLC plan includes the debut of a New Game+ mode, along with the extremely challenging Nightmare difficulty. Players can also look forward to ray-tracing support on PC, a collaboration with PUBG Mobile, new "Legend" levels, and quality-of-life updates.

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What's more, Techland announced an event called Call of the Beast, which runs now through January 7, 2026, offering players new challenges and rewards each Thursday for 11 weeks. Each challenge offers up exclusive rewards, including new guns and car skins, and to unlock them, the game's playerbase needs to work together to contribute.

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Two prominent video game industry veterans have voiced their opinions on AI, with both people--Hideo Kojima and Glen Schofield--declaring that AI should not be feared but embraced.

Kojima, for his part, said AI is already used in a lot of creative work to "come up with ideas." But Kojima himself sees AI "as more of a friend." Kojima said he would use AI to "boost efficiency" but that he himself would continue to "lead the creative part" of game development.

"I'd like AI to handle the tedious tasks that would lower cost and cut down on time. It's more like co-creating with AI instead of just using it," he told Wired. "I see a future where I stay one step ahead; creating together with AI."

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Veteran video game developer Tomonobu Itagaki has passed away at the age of 58. Famous for his work on the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise and the revival of Ninja Gaiden in the 2000s, Itagaki's death was confirmed on his Facebook profile where he left a final message.

"Final Words, the flame of my life is about to go out. The fact that this message has been posted means that my time has finally come. I am no longer in this world--I have entrusted someone important to me with this final message," Itagaki's post read (via Facebook translation).

"My life was a continuous battle which I kept winning. I caused a lot of trouble for others too. I take pride in having fought to the end, and having followed my convictions. I have no regrets, but I am deeply sorry that I could not deliver new works to my fans. I'm sorry. So it goes."

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Lumiose City - a home for people and Pokémon alike. Here, thanks to an urban redevelopment plan driven by Quasartico Inc., the lush greenery of verdant parks and natural vistas intermingles with facilities made using the latest cutting-edge technology. A lot has changed here since the days of the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games! Choose Chikorita, Tepig, or Totodile as your first partner Pokémon, and then set off on a grand adventure! Your journey will take you to all manner of sights in the streets arrayed around Prism Tower, including shops, restaurants, and places called wild zones - where Pokémon roam free. As you catch, train, and battle Pokémon, there will be plenty of people to meet too - like AZ, the enigmatic owner of Hotel Z.

Was that door always open? Or is something peeking out from inside the closet? Is that breathing yours or is that just the demon under the bed waiting for you to close your eyes? Go To Sleep is a short first-person point-and-click survival horror game where you play as a young teen trapped in a dream-turned-nightmare. Stuck in his bedroom, you must survive until morning keeping a relentless demon at bay with your only source of support being a tiny stuffed companion. Will you make it until the morning?

Rewind the cassette and fall head over heels into a love letter to the trailblazing days of early ‘80s & ‘90s British videogames. Adventure calls - grab your hat, light your staff, and leap into a world of shifting landscapes and interconnected rooms, each a meticulously designed puzzle box with dangers to doge, precision platforming and secrets to uncover. Echoing the games from the 8bit era, you’ll have to explore and experiment to crack the challenges within. Hunt for collectibles, and vault through portals - some even flip the script, morphing into wild genre twists that’ll keep you on your toes.