KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. CROWNS CHILE’S ANDRES TORO AND GERMANY’S MICHEL GRÜNER AS 2007 YU-GI-OH! WORLD CHAMPIONS

The Biggest Yu-Gi-Oh! Event of the Year
Attracts Hundreds of Fans to San Diego, California

LOS ANGELES – July 30, 2007 – Hundreds of fans gathered in the San Diego Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29 to witness the world’s best Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card and video game players battle for the coveted titles of “2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Champions.” After two days of fierce competition, 24-year-old finalist Andres Toro from Chile beat more than 20 players from over 20 competing countries, and earned the title of 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) World Champion while 19-year-old Michel Grüner from Germany beat 13 players from 7 competing countries and earned the title of 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Champion.

Toro and Grüner were awarded Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship trophies, as well as autographed drawings by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi and “Chaimera, Master of Beasts” Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG cards. Runners-up for the TCG championship included (in order) 16-year-old Mattia Sarpa (Italy), 16-year-old Adam Corn (Buena Park, Calif. - USA), and 15-year-old Dexter Dalit (Canada). Each were awarded a Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship trophy, autographed drawings and an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG card. Runners-up for the video game championship included (in order) 24-year-old Descamps Yohann (France), 21-year-old Manuel Lopez (San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - USA), and 23-year-old Masahiro Eguchi (Japan). Each were also awarded a Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship trophy, autographed drawings and an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG card.

As a part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament series, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG finalists were determined through Regional and National tournaments held throughout the world. Winners of Regional tournaments were awarded entry to National tournaments, in which the top selected players were then awarded entry into the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship tournament.

On the video game side, Konami hosted tournaments in the United States, Japan and Europe, using the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2007 video game for Nintendo DS™, to find the best Yu-Gi-Oh! video game players in the world. Finalists were determined through Regional and National tournaments, with top players from the Nationals awarded entry into the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Championship tournament.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2007 video game offers an incredibly faithful adaptation of the hit trading card game, with more than 1600 cards to use, new modes and full online play with community support via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, including full voice chat capabilities. Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 carries a suggested retail price of $29.99 and is available at retailers nationwide and at http://www.konami.com/.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournaments for the TCG and video game products were held as a part of the 38th Annual Comic-Con International show in San Diego. In addition to the World Championship Tournament, side tournaments and activities for both the TCG and video game products were available throughout the weekend, giving fans the ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh! experience.

For more information on the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship event, please log onto http://www.wannaduel.com/ or http://www.konami.com/.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 16 billion cards sold. It 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! TRADING CARD GAME.

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 on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament or Upper Deck Entertainment, please log onto http://www.wannaduel.com/ or http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/. To access the Upper Deck online store, please log onto http://www.upperdeckstore.com/.

About Yu-Gi-Oh!™
The Yu-Gi-Oh!™ franchise is based on the Yu-Gi-Oh!™ 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!™ 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®, Silent Hill®, Dance Dance Revolution® and Castlevania®, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at 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 The Upper Deck Company
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.

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