The Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game World Champions for 2024 Have Been Crowned

LOS ANGELES – September 10, 2024 – Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. (KONAMI) The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship (WCS) 2024 reached its thrilling conclusion on Sunday, September 8, at the Fremont Studios in Seattle, Washington. The highly anticipated tournament, returning to American soil for the first time in nearly a decade, crowned World Champions in four different, exciting categories.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Main Event, Ruben Penaranda from the United States prevailed in the final, defeating Mark Solis from the United States to take home the title of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion 2024.

For the first time ever, Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS featured two World Champions. The Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS: SPEED DUEL final was hotly contested between Sebastian “Shelmy” Villarroel from Bolivia and Takuma Kiramura from Japan. The Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS: RUSH DUEL official tournament was held for the first time since RUSH DUEL was introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS last year. Marc-Andre “QuantumCubes” Ladouceur-Kirkor from Canada battled Gabriel “Volaton” Tan from Singapore for the title, but Ladouceur-Kirkor eventually emerged victorious.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL WCS held for the second time, with a 3v3 team event, culminating in an amazing result. The final saw snipehunters face up against Team 7. It ended 5-1 in the favour of Team 7, with Ryan Yu, Jesse Kotton, and Raymond Dai becoming the newest set of Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL World Champions.

The winners of each of the four categories received special World Champion trophies. The top four Duelists in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS categories and the winning Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL team received a Dragon of Illunination, Sanctuary's Shield exclusively awarded to the top WCS Duelists, and a unique WCS 2024 rubber Game Mat and a slew of other prizes.

For more information on the Yu-Gi-Oh! WCS 2024, please visit: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/worldchampionship/2024/en/

A new world will be released on Oct. 1 for Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS:

A short teaser trailer aired during the WCS livestream that gave Duelists a small glimpse of what to expect in the next Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS Update coming on Oct 1. GO RUSH!! World is coming to Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS and with it the introduction of “Fusion Summoning” in RUSH DUEL. Plus, a new in-game feature “Chronicle Card” will make its debut.

More information on in-game campaigns, rewards, and features will be revealed at a later date.

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.

For all the latest information regarding Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG products and events, and all Yu-Gi-Oh! digital card game titles, please visit the following:

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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/
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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
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YGODigitalGames

*On supported devices
**Some cards may require event participation or in-game purchases.