BEIJING: All-night gaming marathons will soon end for some Chinese kids: Internet giant Tencent began limiting daily playing times on its smartphone smash hit King of Glory on July 4 to “ensure children’s healthy development”.
Young players will be restricted to one or two hours on the mobile online multiplayer battle game, which boasts 80 million daily users, as concerns grow in China that long periods online are posing a serious threat to the country’s youth.
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