Edit: 11th May 2023…
If you’re excited for the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Champs, then you will probably be interested to hear that to honour MASTER DUEL’s debut at WCS 2023, Duelists can claim the UR Blackwing Full Armor Master (Royal Finish) card, a commemorative Icon with a design based on Blackwings, and a total of 1,000 Gems distributed across a span of six days during the log-in mission.
Further, if you play DUEL LINKS on mobile or PC, then a various assortment of log-in rewards and other limited-time giveaways will be featured in that game during the Road to Worlds! Campaign starting May 19th:Â
- Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon (Legend Foil Rarity) card. This fabled card was Xyz Summoned by using Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon as its materials in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.
- Free Structure Deck EX (Odd-Eyes Challenger)
- Log-in Bonus – 1 UR Dream Ticket (Glossy), 1 SR Dream Ticket (Glossy)
- Log-in Bonus – 3 UR Tickets – 1 Prismatic, 1 Glossy, and 1 normal foil rarity
- Log-in Bonus – 3 SR Tickets – 1 Prismatic, 1 Glossy, and 1 normal foil rarity
- Yuya Sakaki and Yuto’s exclusive Skill will be given to all Duelists
- 1,000 Gems will be given to Duelists by logging in during the campaign
- A Character Unlock Ticket will be given by logging in during the campaign
- Exclusive PvP Duel Mission to obtain 1 Skill Ticket
Original Article from 17th April 2023…
If it’s Yu-Gi-Oh! you like then this August will see you right, as the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship (WCS) 2023 kicks off.Â
Konami have today fully detailed and dated the upcoming World Championships for Yu-Gi-Oh! as the prestigious card game runs into tournament fashion, allowing Duelists to go up against each other in order to prove themselves as best in the world.
It’ll take place on August 5th-6th at the Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Centre) in Japan, taking place for the first time since back in 2019 – we’re blaming a global pandemic for that.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2023 will comprise of three separate tournaments, focusing on the Yu-Gi-Oh! official card game, on Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links and now also for Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL – a game that we quite liked when it released on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC for free a year or so ago.
In fact, we reviewed Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL and dropped a 3.5/5 score on it, hyping the great cards and deckbuilding opportunities, along with the well-worked single player affair. We did find the online world to be a bit brutal – but perhaps that was down to our skills more than anything.
That online world promises to be nothing when you compare it to those playing through the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship. The format will run as a Team Battle affair first, as eight teams are formed from the strongest qualifying Duelists, before battling it out in the finals. Before that though, the qualifiers will take place, beginning on May 16th and running as…
- Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL 1st Stage – 12:00, 16 May – 11:59, 29 May (UTC+8)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL Regional Qualifiers – 13:00 26 May – 11:59, 29 May (UTC+8)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS 1st Stage – 15:30, 30 May – 12:59, 12 June (UTC+8)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS Regional Qualifiers – 13:00, 9 June – 12:59, 12 June (UTC+8)
The final stages of the Yu-Gi-Oh! WCS 2023 qualification process for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG will take place this summer, with qualifying Duelists invited to championships in Europe and Oceania. The Yu-Gi-Oh! European Championship is now confirmed for 30 June-2 July at the Jaarbeurs exhibition centre in Utrecht, Netherlands.
If you haven’t yet played Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL, we’d urge you to head to the Xbox Store and grab a free download of the game, playing on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. It’s also on the stores of other formats – PlayStation, Switch and PC. It’s free to download and play, so what could go wrong!?
Further World Championship 2023 info can be found here.
