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THE ROAD TO THE YU-GI-OH! WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS SOON FOR YU-GI-OH! MASTER DUEL AND YU-GI-OH! DUEL LINKS
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. (KONAMI) is thrilled to announce that Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL and Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS players can get ready to prove their skills on the world stage. Qualification rounds for both games are set to start imminently in June. Every single player will have the chance to earn their place at the prestigious Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2024 (WCS 2024), taking place in Seattle, USA on 7-8 September.
Check out the new Road to Worlds trailer here:
For the first time ever, there will be two separate WCS 2024 tournaments that Duelists can compete in for Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS: the SPEED DUEL and RUSH DUEL formats. The in-game 1st Stage for the SPEED DUEL WCS 2024 Qualifiers runs across 3-17 June, and the Regional Qualifiers on 14-17 June. For RUSH DUEL, the 1st Stage is scheduled for 3-10 June, and the Regional Qualifiers for 7-10 June.
Then the in-game WCS 2024 Qualifiers for Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL begins mid-June, with the 1st STAGE taking place across 11-24 June, and Regional Qualifiers on 21-24 June. Like last year’s Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, at WCS 2024 Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL players will compete in teams of three at the WCS 2024 Finals.
For more information on WCS 2024, please visit: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/worldchampionship/2024/en/
Compete to qualify and gain loads of rewards too!
To commemorate the start of their journey to WCS 2024, both Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL and Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS are offering all players tons of exciting in-game rewards. In campaigns that are already underway in Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS, players can pick up a plethora of goodies including UR Firewall Dragon Darkfluid for SPEED DUEL and Prismatic foil Blue-Eyes White Dragon for RUSH DUEL. The latter is “OR-style,” a reproduction of the Over-Rush Rare illustration from the “Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL” card game.
Meanwhile, in Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, players can look forwards to future rewards that include UR Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon. The campaign will start from June 7.
Check out the full list of free Road to Worlds rewards for both games below:
Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS
1000 Gems total
UR Blue-Eyes White Dragon (RUSH DUEL)
UR Firewall Dragon Darkfluid (SPEED DUEL) and Legend Skill
2 x free Structure Deck (1 for RUSH DUEL, 1 for SPEED DUEL)
2 x Character Unlock Ticket
2 x Skill Ticket
2 x UR & SR Ticket [Prismatic] (1 for RUSH DUEL, 1 for SPEED DUEL)
2 x UR & SR Ticket [Glossy] (1 for RUSH DUEL, 1 for SPEED DUEL)
2 x Dream UR Ticket [Glossy] (1 for RUSH DUEL, 1 for SPEED DUEL)
1 x Dream SR Ticket [Glossy] (SPEED DUEL)
100 x BOX chip
Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL
1000 Gems total
URNumber C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon
Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon Icon
For more information on Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS, please visit: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/duel_links/
For more information on Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, please visit: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/masterduel
Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS brings the popular game to life on mobile devices and on PC. Duelists can kindle the spirit of Yami Yugi, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and other beloved characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in competitive card battle action. Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS has now achieved 150 million downloads worldwide.
Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS is available for free at the App Store® for iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®, Google Play™ for Android™ devices, and for PC via Steam. For more info, please visit the following:
- Webpage: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/duel_links/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDuelLinks/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/YGO_DL_Official
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Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL features beautifully rendered Duels in 4K resolution*, more than 10,000 cards to collect**, an extensive single-player Solo Mode, online Duels, events and more.
Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL is free-to-play with in-game purchases on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android, and it’s available now.
For more information on Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, please visit the following:
- Webpage: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/masterduel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialYuGiOhMASTERDUEL
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/YGOMasterDuel
*On supported devices
**Some cards may require event participation or in-game purchases.
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About the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is one of the most popular trading card games in the world with over 25 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 B,V,. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
About Konami Group
Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.
About Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as eFootball™, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game series.