KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. TO LAUNCH Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME

REGIONAL QUALIFER TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA

Mexico City, MEX (December 21, 2009) – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE), the force behind the world’s most popular trading card game – the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) – is pleased to announce the company’s plans to launch regional qualifier tournaments throughout Latin America.   

“By once again holding these premier level events in Latin America, it gives us the chance to reward the Duelists who have strongly supported the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME over the years,” commented Yumi Hoashi, vice president of Card Business for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. “In fact, these events will provide more Duelists from all over Latin America the opportunity to participate in high level Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME competitions.”   

KDE and its partner Devir Latinoamérica will begin accepting applications in early January from those stores and tournament organizers that have the capacity and capabilities to hold a regional qualifier (must have capacity for 60 or more players).  Taking a step away from the norm, there will be two Continental Championships, one for Duelists in Mexico and Central America, and the other in South America.  The top players from the two Continental Championships will receive invitations to the 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship, which will be held in the United States later in the summer of 2010.

For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or organized play events please visit www.yugioh-card.com.