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07-05-2017, 04:30 PM
China's most popular game restricts kids to playing for just an hour a day, to curb mobile addiction
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China's most popular game is **w limiting play time for younger players, amid reports of increasing game addiction.
Tencent's smash hit smartphone app, Ho**ur of Kings (http://pvp.qq.com/) (also k**wn as King of Glory), is restricting kids under the age of 12 to just one hour of game time per day. They will also **t be permitted to sign in after 9 p.m., Tencent said (http://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404125068371318986).
Those between 12 to 18 will be limited to two hours of game time.
SEE ALSO: Tencent is creating an entire town dedicated to esports (http://mashable.com/2017/05/16/esports-town-tencent/)
Ho**ur of Kings has a staggering 163 million monthly users. (http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/tech**logyNews/idUSKBN19O0K0) It was launched only in 2015.
In comparison, League of Legends, which has swept the world in popularity, has some 100 million monthly users. (https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/09/13/riot-games-reveals-league-of-legends-has-100-million-monthly-players/&refURL=https://www.google.com.sg/&referrer=https://www.google.com.sg/) It's also owned by Tencent. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/ho**ur-of-kings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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China's most popular game is **w limiting play time for younger players, amid reports of increasing game addiction.
Tencent's smash hit smartphone app, Ho**ur of Kings (http://pvp.qq.com/) (also k**wn as King of Glory), is restricting kids under the age of 12 to just one hour of game time per day. They will also **t be permitted to sign in after 9 p.m., Tencent said (http://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404125068371318986).
Those between 12 to 18 will be limited to two hours of game time.
SEE ALSO: Tencent is creating an entire town dedicated to esports (http://mashable.com/2017/05/16/esports-town-tencent/)
Ho**ur of Kings has a staggering 163 million monthly users. (http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/tech**logyNews/idUSKBN19O0K0) It was launched only in 2015.
In comparison, League of Legends, which has swept the world in popularity, has some 100 million monthly users. (https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/09/13/riot-games-reveals-league-of-legends-has-100-million-monthly-players/&refURL=https://www.google.com.sg/&referrer=https://www.google.com.sg/) It's also owned by Tencent. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/ho**ur-of-kings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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