KONAMI SHIPS ONLINE CHESS KINGDOMS TO RETAIL STORES NATIONWIDE

Online Chess Kingdoms Challenges Your Mind While Providing An Immersive Interactive Experience On The PSP® System

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – November 28, 2006 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that Online Chess Kingdoms has shipped to retail stores nationwide for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. Exercising your mind and your fingers, Online Chess Kingdoms updates the original “brain game” and brings the classic game of chess to the PSP system in an entirely new format. The title introduces new modes of play, detailed fantasy graphics and groundbreaking infrastructure support in which players battle for control in a persistent online world.

Gamers, travelers, chess connoisseurs and novices alike can now take chess on the road without having to pack the board and most importantly keep track of the pawns. Players can jump into a quick game or venture online to test their skills against other players in a massive fantasy world. Online Chess Kingdoms is set in an ancient mystic land composed of five different warring factions. Players choose to compete as one of the five kingdoms with 3D animated chess sets, complete with powerful magicians, fearsome warriors, and ethereal spirits.

From the fantasy to the online world, Online Chess Kingdoms brings classic chess action to gamers nationwide with a persistent online world in which players join factions and engage in matches to claim territory from their opponents. Strategically pursuing areas that will give their faction the most influence over the online kingdom, teams work together to expand their nation and limit the growth of the other four teams. By claiming neutral regions and going head-to-head with other online players in contested areas, players become part of an ongoing struggle for conquest that is played out on the checkered squares of the chess board. Online leader boards document the contributions of each player to their faction, separating the kings from the pawns in this constant struggle for supremacy.

Online Chess Kingdoms is rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB and available now for a suggested retail price of $29.99. For more information, please visit www.konami.com.

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Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami’s titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid®, Silent Hill® 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, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation, the parent company of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. can be found at www.konami.com

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