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May 2010

4Kids Signs Deal For Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Road To Destiny
Posted Tuesday, 5/25/2010 by PPNSteve

4Kids Signs Distribution Deals For Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Road To Destiny as noted in a Press Release released from 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. today.

NEW YORK - May 25, 2010 - 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE), the diversified children’s entertainment and media organization, has signed three key distribution agreements for the latest version of its popular animated series "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's", it was announced today by Brian Lacey, Executive Vice President, International, 4Kids Entertainment.

In Germany, RTL2 has signed on for all 90 episodes of the new Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Road to Destiny series, while in Italy, Mediaset has pacted for the follow-up skein of the popular property. In addition, the series has been acquired by Televix Entertainment for distribution in Latin America.

"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" is broadcast on such outlets as RTL2 (Germany), Italia 1 (Italy), CITV (UK), Network Ten (Australia), AB SAT (France), VAS (Spanish Speaking Satellite /Latin America), TV2 (Denmark), Digiturk (Turkey), Children’s Channel (Israel), MBC (Middle East) and others.

With plans for a 10th anniversary celebration in the works, the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise has achieved tremendous international broadcast success since its launch in 2000. Throughout its run, this widely popular property has been shown on Nickelodeon (UK, Latin America, Spain and Australia), GMTV (UK), Antena 3 (Spain), RTE (Ireland), Canal J and Gulli TV (France), YTV (Canada), TVNZ (New Zealand), SIC (Portugal), RTL-TVI (Belgium), TV4 (Sweden), MTV3 (Finland), TV2 (Denmark), DRTV (Denmark), Star Channel (Greece), VT4 (Belgium), Disney XD (Netherlands), SABC2 (South Africa), GTV (Africa), Televisa (Mexico), and Globo in Brazil, among many others.

In the United States, "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" will return to TheCW4Kids Saturday morning block on The CW Television Network on May 29th, and continues to air daily on Cartoon Network. Additionally, the series is also available for VOD viewing on the Comcast, Cox and Bresnan cable systems.

The future of dueling is revving up and it begins with a new legend, "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's", the latest entry in the internationally renowned franchise. Set in Domino City, once the playground to legendary duelist Yugi Muto, this sprawling metropolis has since been transformed into a futuristic society where dueling has kicked into overdrive. Now the winners and losers aren’t just separated by skill and strength, but by speed. For five special duelists, it's not just about winning or losing anymore, it's about survival, as they are the chosen "signers" who have been marked by destiny to uncover the secrets of the five dragons.

About 4Kids Entertainment
With U.S. headquarters in New York City, regional offices for its trading card business in San Diego, California and international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global organization devoted to the creation, development, production, broadcasting, distribution, licensing and manufacturing of children’s entertainment products.

Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, 4Kids produces animated television series and films, distributes 4Kids’ produced or licensed animated television series for the domestic and international television and home video markets, licenses merchandising rights worldwide to 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, and operates Web sites to support 4Kids’ owned or represented properties. Through its majority owned trading card company and Website company, 4Kids produces and markets collectible trading card games. Additionally, the Company programs and sells the national advertising time in TheCW4Kids five-hour Saturday morning block on The CW Television Network.

Additional information is available on the www.4kidsentertainment.com corporate Website and at the www.4kids.tv game station site.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TCG GOLD SERIES 3 COMING SOON!
Posted Tuesday, 5/25/2010 by PPNSteve

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME DELIVERS 24 KARAT VALUE IN NEW GOLD SERIES 3 DUE OUT IN LATE JUNE 2010

Strike the Mother Lode with 18 Phenomenal Gold Rare Cards

El Segundo, CA - May 24, 2010 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. digs deep into its vault with the latest release for the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME: Gold Series 3. This hobby exclusive product releases on June 23, 2010 and has all of the glint and glitz that Duelists have come to expect from Gold Series.

Fans looking to catch the hottest cards of the past two years need to look no further than Gold Series 3. Featuring gorgeous new Gold Rare versions of popular cards like Elemental Hero Prisma, Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind, and Smashing Ground, Gold Series 3 has something for every Duelist, no matter what kind of Deck they have.

Gold Series 3 is more than just a trip down memory lane. It also has the cards Duelists need to keep up with the latest trends in Dueling, by offering another chance to get the popular Blackwing monsters from 2009's Crimson Crisis and Raging Battle booster sets. Long time fans also have something to look forward to, as the classic Amazoness monsters make their first appearance in over five years, just in time for their revival in the upcoming Duelist Revolution booster set!
Gold Series 3 is a 50-card set (18 Gold Rares, 32 Commons) and comes in jumbo 25-card packs (three Gold Rares, 22 Commons per pack), with an MSRP of $19.99.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series can be seen in the United States Monday through Saturday on Cartoon Network. The original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series can be seen Saturday mornings on TheCW4Kids block. For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or Gold Series 3, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 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! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About Konami
Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. Konami’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. Konami is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. 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, and 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 www.konami.com.

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CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES COMES DOWN TO A BATTLE OF WITS AND CARDS
Posted Thursday, 5/20/2010 by PPNSteve

RE-LAUNCHED Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES COMES DOWN TO A BATTLE OF WITS AND CARDS AS CHENG WINS IT ALL!

El Segundo, CA - May 20, 2010 - The re-christened Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS), with the latest stop in its ongoing six-year run this weekend, at the Dulles Expo & Conference Center in Washington DC, did not disappoint as nearly 800 Duelists vied for the coveted first place ranking. But it was Peter Cheng that successfully out-Dueled the field of skilled opponents to claim the title of Champion at this debut event.

Formerly known as the SHONEN JUMP Championship, the first event under the billing of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series drew an impressive array of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) fans who came from across the mid-Atlantic and as faraway as Germany to compete. Thousands of Duels were fought over the course of the weekend but it was Peter Cheng from Union, NJ who went head-to-head with Steven Harris from Bronx, NY in the final round, and brought home the title.

With a backdrop of peers watching every play of the cards, and with only a few hushed whispers heard throughout the hall, Cheng, 19 years old, played a Machina Gadget Deck to finish-off 19 year old Harris who skillfully played an Infernity Deck.

Peter received an Ultra Rare set of three YCS Prize Cards, a trophy, paid travel to this year’s National Championship in July (or to another YCS), a YCS Game Mat, and a Netbook computer with 500 BoosterPass points for Yu-Gi-Oh! Online Duel Accelerator. Other top Duelists walked away with prize packages that included items such as a Super Rare set of three YCS Prize Cards, a personal music player, and a YCS Game Mat.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series can be seen in the United States Monday through Saturday on Cartoon Network. The original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series can be seen Saturday mornings on TheCW4Kids block.

For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or the YCS, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 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! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About Konami

Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. Konami’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. Konami is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. 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 www.konami.com.

5D's TCG Starter Deck - Duelist Toolbox Gets a Release Date
Posted Friday, 5/14/2010 by PPNSteve

Newcomers to the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Trading Card Game Can Get Everything Needed to Play in Starter Deck - Duelist Toolbox.

Duelist Toolbox is ready-to-play right out of the box! Deck includes four Synchro Monsters

El Segundo, CA - May 13, 2010 - Building something that will last takes the right preparation, the right materials and the right tools. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.'s latest Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME Starter Deck, Duelist Toolbox, has all of the above.

Duelist Toolbox (MSRP $9.99), available June 1, 2010, includes all of the cards to get your game headed in the right direction. The Duelist Toolbox Starter Deck boasts 40 amazing cards for your Main Deck, plus an additional four Synchro Monsters to get your Extra Deck rolling.

This Starter makes learning easy, and gives veteran Duelists some exclusive new cards to punish an opponent. Looking for the knock out shot? Synchro Summon the brand-new Junk Destroyer Synchro Monster and watch your opponent squirm as your monster destroys everything in its way!

Duelist Toolbox gives more ammunition as it includes a Super Rare copy of X-Saber Wayne. June 1, 2010 marks the tournament-legal date for X-Saber Wayne and several other new cards – be sure your Deck has them!

Duelist Toolbox Contains:
40 Common Cards
One Ultra Rare Card
Three Super Rare Cards
One Beginner's Guide
One Game Mat

The Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series can be seen in the United States Monday through Saturday on Cartoon Network. The original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series can be seen Saturday mornings on TheCW4Kids block. For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or Duelist Toolbox, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 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! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About Konami
Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. Konami's software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. Konami is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. 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, and 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 www.konami.com.

Lima, Peru to Host Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Qualifier 2010 for South America
Posted Thursday, 5/6/2010 by PPNSteve

KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. SELECTS LIMA, PERU AS THE HOST CITY OF ITS ELITE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER 2010 FOR SOUTH AMERICA June 26-27, 2010

Hundreds of Duelists from around the South Continent to attend this premier Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME event. One of two World Championship Qualifying Events to be held in June..

LIMA, Peru - May 6, 2010 - Nestled in the valleys of the Chillon, Rimac and Lurin rivers, Peru's capital, Lima, is often referred to as the City of Kings. During the last week in June, there will be a new "king" annointed after Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.'s (KDE) Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) World Championship Qualifier 2010 is complete and a new champion has been crowned.

KDE is pleased to announce that it will bring its Guinness World Record best-selling Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) to the Centro de Convenciones Atlantic City. Hundreds of players representing ten South Continental countries are expected to attend and vie for the coveted title of Continental Champion and the opportunity to compete in the World Championship in the United States in July. The “new” king of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG will rule Latin America with the other Champion from the Central Latin American World Championship Qualifier held in Guadalajara, Mexico in June.

"We are thrilled to be having such a prestigious event, the World Championship Qualifier in Lima. With so many skilled Duelists traveling in from countries such as Uruguay and Venezuela we expect a fierce two days of competition," said Yumi Hoashi, Vice President for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

"Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has given many Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Duelists the chance to compete in a prestigious event by offering two World Championship Qualifier locations in Latin America, here in Lima and earlier in Guadalajara, Mexico," commented Giancarlo Germany, Devir's Latin America and the Caribbean Organized Play Manager. "We thank KDE for their continued dedication to the thousands of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG enthusiasts in Latin America."

Event Information
Where:
Centro de Convenciones Atlantic City
Avenida Benavides 430
Miraflores
Lima, Peru

When:
June 26, 2010
Times: 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM
June 27, 2010
Times: 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM

Cost:
Entry into the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Qualifier 2010 is FREE for Duelists who have qualified for the event through official KDE Regional or National Qualifiers.

Prizing information:

• 1st place - Travel and accommodations to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship to be held in Long Beach, CA (USA); Trophy; Dark End Dragon Prize Card; Complete set of Gold Series 3 and a complete set of Super Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Prize Cards, Day of sightseeing including a Disney Park Hopper pass; Personalized hoodie sweatshirt; Customized 120 min. mini-video camera.
• 2nd place - Trophy; Complete set of Gold Series 3; Dark End Dragon Prize Card; 16GB personal music player
• 3rd - 4th place - Trophy; Dark End Dragon Prize Card, 8GB personal music player
• 5th - 8th place - 32 GB personal music player
• Top Cut - Top Cut Game Mat

Additionally, all players will receive a pack of World Championship Qualifiers 2010 Card Sleeves and a World Championship Qualifier 2010 Game Mat.

The Lima World Championship Qualifier will also offer exciting Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG public events for both Saturday and Sunday which include Win-A-Mat tournaments, Pegasus League: Deck Challenge events, and ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD! for all ages, and Dragon Duel tournaments for Duelists aged 12 and under. There will also be 2011 Regional Qualifier tournaments on Sunday.

For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or country specific Championship series event details, please visit www.yugioh-card.com.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 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! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About Konami
Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. Konami’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. Konami is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. 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, and 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 www.konami.com.

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