'Time 2 Duel' Tour to Host Sports Equipment Drives For Local Boys and Girls Clubs CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) will be bringing Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) on a "Time 2 Duel" Tour this summer to give Yu-Gi-Oh! fans a chance to Duel one-on-one with their peers in a social competitive setting. Yu-Gi-Oh! is the #1 TCG with millions of fans playing the trading card game all over the globe. More than 15.8 BILLION Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards have been sold worldwide, making the trading card game the best-selling trading card game of all time. The "Time 2 Duel" Tour is traveling to 10 U.S. cities for 10 weeks bringing the engaging card game to kids and families. The tour will host events in Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, and Indianapolis, to name a few. In addition to one-on-one Dueling, activities include Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG demos, "Time 2 Duel" Bingo, and question and answer sessions. In addition, the "Time 2 Duel" Tour is hosting sports equipment drives in which all items are donated to local Boys and Girls Clubs. Bring a donation of new or gently used sports equipment to the "Time 2 Duel" Tour. 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is manufactured by Konami, and is distributed worldwide (with the exception of Asia) by the Upper Deck Company. For more information about the tour or the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, please go to http://www.time2dueltour.com/. About Yu-Gi-Oh!(TM) The Yu-Gi-Oh!(TM) franchise is based on the Yu-Gi-Oh!(TM) comic series from artist Kazuki Takahashi that first appeared in Japan in 1996. It is currently being serialized in SHONEN JUMP, the monthly manga magazine published by VIZ Media. The comic spawned a hit cartoon TV show, a top-selling trading card game, popular video games and other licensed merchandise. Yu-Gi- Oh!(TM) follows the adventures of Yugi, a young boy who possesses the "Millennium Puzzle" that allows him to transform into the "Duelist King" whenever he is challenged. The object of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is to win a match (which consists of three Duels) by reducing an opponent's "life points" from 8,000 to zero. This is accomplished through a series of turns using a deck with a minimum of 40 cards and a combination of strategy, skill and luck. Three main types of cards are used in Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Monster Cards, Spell Cards and Trap Cards, with each category being further divided into sub-categories. For more information on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or Upper Deck Entertainment, please visit http://www.yugioh-card.com/ or http://www.ude.com/. Konami has shipped more than 4 million units of Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm) video games in North America since the series' debut in March 2002, including such popular games as Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelist of the Roses, and more. The games are recognized for the deeply strategic and challenging gameplay based on the mega-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. About Konami Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid(R), Silent Hill(R), Dance Dance Revolution(R) and Castlevania(R), among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at http://www.konami.com/. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found at http://www.konami.com/. About Upper Deck For years, Upper Deck has been hailed as an industry leader in quality sports cards and collectibles, and the same level of excellence can now be seen in the full line of Upper Deck Entertainment products. For additional information about the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME and Upper Deck Entertainment, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.ude.com/ or http://www.upperdeckstore.com/. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is distributed by Upper Deck Entertainment, a division of The Upper Deck Company, a worldwide sports and entertainment company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. DATASOURCE: Konami CONTACT: Gabby Sopko of Marketing Werks, +1-312-546-5896, , for Konami; or Claudine Ricanor of Upper Deck, +1-760-603-7458, Web site: http://www.konami.com/ http://www.time2dueltour.com/

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