United Kingdom, Sept. 18 -- Tencent has pushed back against Sony Interactive Entertainment's lawsuit claiming its upcoming game Light of Motiram infringes on its intellectual property rights of the Horizon franchise.

In a legal filing obtained by TheGamePost, the Chinese publisher argued that Sony is attempting to "fence off a well-trodden corner of popular culture" rather than defending unique intellectual property.

One passage of Tencent's response reads: "Plaintiff Sony has sued a grab-bag of Tencent companies - and 10 unnamed defendants - about the unreleased video game Light of Motiram, alleging that the game copies elements from Sony's game Horizon Zero Dawn and its spinoffs.

"At bottom, Sony's effort is not aimed at fighting off...