Chinese gamers now have to use their real names before playing Tencent's Honor of Kings (王者荣耀).
Honor of Kings is the most popular computer game of all time in China. There are more than 200,000,000 people playing the game every month. Usually two teams of five fight against each other over the mobile phone.
On September 15, 2018, Tencent used a registration system (注册系统) for Honor of Kings. Game users had to register their real name before playing the game. The new policy started from new users.
With the help of the system, Tencent would first know if the gamer is an adult. If he or she turned out to be too young for the game, Tencent would limit（限制）the number of hours the young gamer could play each day.
With this real name registration system, Tencent hopes to reduce video game addiction (上瘾) among children. The company also called on parents to watch closely their children's gaming activity.
Earlier in September, the Ministry of Education said that it would limit the number of online games, and the time that young children could play online games.
It is believed that this idea will bring good results in the future. There are more and more children with short eyesight in these years. This move might well help stop labor (劳动力) shortages in jobs that need good eyesight.
