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