3 hours Max WoW Time! China Imposes New Limits on Online Gamers
Gamers in China are facing new limits on how much time they can spend playing their favourite online game. The government in Beijing is reported to be introducing the controls to deter people from playing for longer than three consecutive hours. The measures are designed to combat addiction to online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft and Lineage II.
More than 20 million Chinese play games regularly, mainly in net cafes...All the biggest online game operators in China have said they will adopt the new system...The operators face little choice as they need government approval to offer online gaming...Among the games affected in initial trials of the system is the MMORPG game, World of Warcraft, which has 1.5 million players in China alone.
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