Tencent imposes daily gaming limits to curb addiction among minors
Tencent announced this week that it will limit the amount of time children can play the role-playing mobile game Honor of Kings, amid concerns that some kids were becoming addicted.
As Reuters reports, the Chinese internet giant will begin limiting play time for users below the age of 18 on Tuesday. Players under the age of 12 will be limited to one hour of playing per day and will be blocked from accessing the game after 9PM, Tencent said. Users between 12 and 18 years old will have a two-hour daily limit.
The move comes in response to growing complaints that children were becoming addicted to Honor of Kings, which has more than 200 million users and is the world’s top-grossing mobile game. The state-run People’s...