Konami Digital Entertainment Brings Back Hobby Exclusive Gold Series With A Brand New Twist

Ghost/Gold Hybrid Cards Released for the First Time Ever

El Segundo, CA (May 24, 2012) – Every year, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami) rewards the hobby channel with a content-packed release just for them. Gold Series: Haunted Mine, hitting store shelves on June 12th, is this year's Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) hobby exclusive. Each pack (MSRP $19.99) consists of one Ghost/Gold Rare card plus two standard Gold Rares and 22 Common cards.

Now containing an impressive 55 cards, Gold Series: Haunted Mine is the largest Gold Series set ever created. Another new twist this year will be six Ghost/Gold Rare hybrid cards to collect. These cards will have the luster of a Gold Rare, and the 3D holographic illustration of a Ghost Rare. The six Ghost/Gold Rares are: Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, Herald of Perfection, Naturia Barkion, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Solemn Judgment. This will be the first time ever that Spell and Trap Cards will be available with 3D holographic Ghost Rare artwork.

As in years' past, Gold Series: Haunted Mines will still have ‘standard’ Gold Rare versions of cards. This year's line-up is extremely impressive and will feature Fabled Grimro, Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, Starlight Road, Formula Synchron, and Karakuri Steel Shogun mdl 00X “Bureido” just to name a few.

The themes found in this set include Zombies, Dark Scorpions, and Trap Monsters and were chosen to be compatible with the recently released Battle Pack: Epic Dawn to create an entirely new sealed pack play experience.

Each Gold Series: Haunted Mines pack contains 25 cards:

One Ghost/Gold Hybrid Rare Card

Two Gold Rare Cards

22 Common Cards

The Gold Series: Haunted Mines set contains 55 cards:

Six Ghost/Gold Hybrid Rare Cards

12 Gold Rare Cards

37 Common Cards

For more information on Gold Series: Haunted Mines, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or Konami, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

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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 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