JOEY WHEELER & MAI VALENTINE TAG IN FOR YU-GI-OH! CROSS DUEL

Unlock iconic heroes via the Tag Duel special event

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. (KONAMI) has announced that Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL is welcoming two more legendary Duelists to the game. The iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime characters Joey Wheeler and Mai Valentine are available now as Tag Duel partners – it’s time to draw on the power of friendship once more!

Players can unlock Joey and Mai by taking part in a brand-new event for Tag Duel, the single-player mode in which players partner with Yu-Gi-Oh! heroes in 2v2 Duels. The new two-part event, titled “Joey’s Road to a True Duelist,” is available to play now. In it, players can team up with Joey himself to earn special in-game rewards including Game Mats, Card Sleeves and Profile Icons featuring Joey and Mai. The “Joey’s Road to a True Duelist” special event will run through from today until 6AM BST, 7AM CET on 24 October.

Today’s update also brings a wave of new cards to the game, all available to acquire via card draws. They include Joey Wheeler’s trademark Ultra-Rare monster, the awe-inspiring Red-Eyes Black Dragon, as well as some of his other iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! cards like Baby Dragon, Time Wizard and Gearfried the Iron Knight. Get new cards to strengthen your Deck!

For more information, please visit https://www.konami.com/yugioh/crossduel

Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL takes the tactical appeal of the beloved Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) and brings it to mobile in a completely new, easy-to-learn experience. Four players are connected to each other in lanes that form a cross. They play cards to Summon iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters to the Field. Summoned monsters can be sent along lanes towards other players and their monsters to inflict damage on their opponents.

Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL includes:

• Three modes including four-player versus, four-player co-op and single-player Dueling
• A new style of Dueling that’s highly intuitive, even for newcomers to card games
• Characters from seven Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series to partner with and face off against
• Incredible 3D rendering of Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters in awe-inspiring Summoning scenes
• Monster customization that lets you unlock new Skills and assign them to your cards
• Automatically build and customize your Decks in a flash with innovative new functionality
• And much, much more!

Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL is free-to-play and it’s available now worldwide on the App Store® and Google Play™

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The Yu-Gi-Oh! series is based on the manga Yu-Gi-Oh! (by Kazuki Takahashi), which was serialized in SHUEISHA Inc.'s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1996 and is now on the eighth iteration of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” animated series (currently airing on TV Tokyo-affiliated channels). KONAMI released the first console game in 1998, and the series, including the trading card game, is still enjoyed by countless customers worldwide. KONAMI continues to develop and distribute a wide range of Yu-Gi-Oh! content to deliver the fun and excitement of the series to customers around the globe.

Today, the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is available across the globe, with products distributed in more than 80 countries and 9 languages, to be enjoyed by fans of all ages.

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