Sony's PlayStation is suing China-based video game giant Tencent over copyright and trademark infringement regarding the former's "Horizon" franchise.

Grind your consoles. The fractured legacy between Japan and China aside, Sony Interactive Entertainment is suing Tencent for copyright infringement, some big bucks and to put a halt to the release of the Middle Kingdom company’s “slavish clone” Light of Motiram video game.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Chinese tech giant Tencent. The accusation: Tencent's upcoming game Light of Motiram is an almost identical copy of the successful Horizon series.