(Yicai Global) Sept. 6 -- Tencent Holdings has solved its server problem that occurred during the first Saturday of China's new gaming curfew for minors.

The game operator said on Weibo around 10 p.m. on Sept. 4 that its servers are back online and players of Honor of Kings will be compensated for the damage. The Shenzhen-based firm didn't specify the reason behind the troubles.

Many players said online they couldn't play Honor of Kings, a popular video game first launched in 2015, and suspected a server crash due to too many login attempts at 8 p.m. that day.

According to the country's new regulation, people aged under 18 can only play online games between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. from Friday to Sunday and during public holidays.

After the new rules came into force on Aug. 30, major Chinese game operators, including Tencent, have all said they will strictly abide by the regulation and make corresponding adjustments to their anti-addiction systems.

Honor of Kings and its international version Arena of Valor are long-term favorites among gamers. Last year, Tencent said Honor of Kings had 100 million daily active users worldwide on its fifth anniversary.

Games are an important income driver for the tech firm. The segment earned CNY43 billion (USD6.6 billion) for Tencent in the second quarter, up 12 percent from a year ago, while making up almost a third of the total, the company said in its earnings report on Aug. 18. Less than 1 percent of all gamers were aged under 12 and less than 3 percent were younger than 16, it added.

Editor: Emmi Laine, Xiao Yi