Konami Announces the release of War of the Giants: Round 2

REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE WITH THE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME WAR OF THE GIANTS: ROUND 2

El Segundo, CA  – January 20, 2014 – Kicking-off the New Year with a bang, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami) delivers with an explosive first release of 2014 with War of the Giants: Round 2 – available now.

With Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants halfway through its annual cycle, War of the Giants: Round 2 is a perfect refresher kit designed to expand Battle Packs into booster draft territory. With 45 cards designed for drafting, in addition to one collector’s card, this kit is ready-to-play right out of the box.  Use all 45 cards to create your own unique Deck, just from the packs that you get in War of the Giants: Round 2.

The (non-draftable) collector’s cards are in high demand so Duelists have been begging to have these compelling, tournament-level cards re-released. Because this collector’s card is not involved in the draft process, Duelist’s can add it right into their collection.

War of the Giants: Round 2 is a fantastic value as each box contains six packs of Battle Pack 2, plus a new 16-card pack containing one of five Ultra Rare collector’s card such as the royal Fog King, High Priestess of Prophecy and Dragunity Knight Vajrayana or the monstrous Safe Zone and Number 11: Big Eye, six Super Rare cards and nine Common cards all for only MSRP: $19.99.

Duelists can tune in every Saturday morning for the all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL animated series and classic Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes on Vortexx on The CW in the United States. In addition, Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL airs twice on Sundays on Nicktoons. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL every Friday and Saturday on YTV!

For more information on Konami or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit http://www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630 to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game 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, 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 25 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 subsidiaries, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. in Windsor, the United Kingdom.

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