Corn to Represent the U.S. at the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament Next Month in San Diego, California COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- After 14 rounds of fierce competition, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) now has its National Champion. Defeating over 700 of the nation's best Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG players, 16-year-old Adam Corn from Los Angeles has not only been recognized as the "best of the nation's best," but as the official "Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG U.S. National Champion." Corn is one of four Duelists representing the United States in next month's Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament in San Diego, California. The three other finalists who will be accompanying Corn to represent the U.S. in the 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament are Bryan Rockenbach, 15, of Prescott Valley, Arizona; Justin Womack, 15, of Kenosha, Wisconsin; and Michael Bueno, 14, of Daly City, California. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship event will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29 as a part of Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. The intense competition -- held over two days in Columbus, Ohio (June 23 and 24) -- not only attracted the largest attendance for a Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG National Championship event, but was also a true nationwide event, attracting players from all around the U.S. who came to Columbus from as far as Hawaii, Texas, Alaska, California, New York and Florida, to name a few. All national tournament participants earned a spot to compete in the event by competing and winning previous tournaments in their various regions. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG 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. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is a product of the KONAMI CORPORATION, and is distributed worldwide (with the exception of Asia) by the Upper Deck Company. For more information on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament or Upper Deck Entertainment, please log onto http://www.wannaduel.com/ or http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/. To access the Upper Deck online store, please log onto http://www.upperdeckstore.com/. About Konami Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid(R), Silent Hill(R), Dance Dance Revolution(R) and Castlevania(R), among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at http://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 http://www.konami.com/. About Upper Deck For years, Upper Deck has been hailed as an industry leader in quality sports cards and collectibles, and the same level of excellence can now be seen in the full line of Upper Deck Entertainment products. For additional information about the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME and Upper Deck Entertainment, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.ude.com/ or http://www.upperdeckstore.com/. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is distributed by Upper Deck Entertainment, a division of The Upper Deck Company, a worldwide sports and entertainment company based in Carlsbad, California. DATASOURCE: Upper Deck CONTACT: Claudine Ricanor of Upper Deck, +1-760-603-7458, Web site: http://www.upperdeckstore.com/ http://www.ude.com/ http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/ http://www.wannaduel.com/ http://www.upperdeck.com/ http://www.konami.com/

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