Video Game Addiction Fears Prompt Tencent To Limit 'Honour Of Kings' Play Time For Chinese Kids

Tencent Holdings, one of China's top game developers, said it will limit play time for some young users of the smartphone game Honour of Kings, Reuters reported. The decision was made in response to complaints that children were getting increasingly addicted to the popular game. The fantasy role-playing game based on Chinese historical characters is the world's top-grossing game in terms of combined worldwide iOS and Google Play revenue in May this year. According to reports, the game has attracted 50 million active daily users, after adding 5 million users a month since it was launched last year -- making it more popular than Nintendo's global sensation Pokémon Go in the country. Most of its more than 200 million users are in China, with the game doubling its monthly active users in the country to 163 million in the past six months.