Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. and Upper Deck Entertainment Announce

 

Shonen Jump’s 50^th Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship Tournament

 

Never-Before-Seen Awards!

 

Carlsbad, CA (February 8, 2008) – Calling all Duelists!  Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE) and Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) today unveiled the first exclusive prize for Shonen Jump’s 50^th Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Championship Tournament.  This record-breaking competition will be held at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center in Costa Mesa, California on March 8-9, 2008.  Visit www.wannaduel.com for more information.

 

To commemorate the landmark 50^th Shonen Jump Championship, KDE and UDE have outdone themselves with better-than-ever prizes!  For starters, the Grand Prize winner will receive a playable copy of each previous Shonen Jump prize card: “Gold Sarcophagus,” “Crush Card Virus,” “Shrink,” “Des Volstgalph,” and the card that started it all, “Cyber-Stein.”

 

And there’s more!  A separate copy of each card will also be encased in the Championship trophy, marking the victor’s accomplishment.  The second, third and fourth place finishers will also receive one playable copy of a previous prize card. 

 

Think this is amazing?  KDE and UDE are just getting warmed up!  Keep visiting to www.yugioh-card.com and be the first to hear about the brand new prize card and other great prizes, celebrating Shonen Jump’s 50^th Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship Tournament!

 

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is a game of strategy, where players create individual decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs.  Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful Monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the game.  The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is manufactured by Konami, and is distributed worldwide (with the exception of Asia) by Upper Deck.

 

All Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG products are heavily supported by UDE’s Organized Play programs.  These programs include Hobby League, Shonen Jump Championships, Regional Qualifiers and National Championship Tournaments.  All UDE-sanctioned tournaments award exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG product to tournament participants and exciting prizes to top finishers in each tournament, which can include an invite to play in the 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament.  For more information on the UDE’s Organized Play programs, please log onto www.wannaduel.com.