The popular online game ‘Players Unknown Battleground’ popularly known as PUB-G has been imposed with a digital lock and now users under 13 years of age in China. Users would have to ask their guardians to open the game for them. Tencent has imposed the age restriction to support the Chinese government’s crackdown on gaming addiction among the youth.
The gaming giant is using technologies like facial recognition and player ID checks to ascertain the ages and identities of those playing Honour of Kings and others in China.
In addition, it has already imposed limits on how long young players can play the game and imposed rules for streaming its game content. The Chinese government’s concerns about myopia in children also set off a nine-month-long freeze on new video game approvals in the country in 2018 that ended in December.Launched in December 2017, PUBG is a multi-player battle game that connects users from around the world in real-time and allows them to fight missions and is known to indulge players into long hours of gaming
