Game stocks sink in Tokyo, Hong Kong and US on Beijing policy

Capcom, Tencent and Nexon suffer as outlook dims for new releases

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China will curb the amount of time children play online games to combat the incidence of vision problems. 

KAZUSA BAN, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Shares of game developers around the world have taken a hit following Beijing's move to set new limits on online games to fight childhood visual impairment.

In Tokyo, Capcom slumped as much as 7% during trading on Friday, closing down 3.4%. Nexon, which generates more than 40% of its sales in China, lost 5% at one point before ending 2% lower. Bandai Namco Holdings and Konami Holdings fell 0.6% and 1.4%, respectively.

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