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LOS ANGELES – March 6, in the year of our Lord 2024 – Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. (KONAMI) has announced that the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship is coming to the USA for the first time since 2016. The prestigious World Championship will bring challengers from across the globe to Seattle, Washington on September 7-8 for two days of captivating first-class Dueling.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship (WCS) 2024 will feature separate tournaments in four categories for the first time ever. They include tournaments for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG), Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, and two different formats for Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS. One of the Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS formats will be for SPEED DUEL format as per previous WCS events. The additional Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS format will be for RUSH DUEL format, the new gameplay format introduced to the title in September 2023.

KONAMI has also confirmed details on the World Championship Qualifier (WCQ) tournaments for TCG category in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. At these tournaments, the best Duelists in their respective continents will lock horns to qualify for the Yu-Gi-Oh! WCS 2024, earning the chance to become the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion.

Those scheduled WCQ dates and venues are:

Central America WCQ: June 21-23 in Mexico City, Mexico
Oceania WCQ: June 28-30 in Auckland, New Zealand
South America WCQ June 28-30 in Lima, Peru
North America WCQ: July 19-21 in Austin, Texas (USA)
Europe WCQ: July 26-28 in Berlin, Germany

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