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| Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Licenses Interactive Games Based On Marvel Enterprises, Inc./ Upper Deck Company Trading Card Game Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. announced a multi-year agreement with Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and Upper Deck Entertainment that gives Konami exclusive worldwide interactive rights to develop games for current and next generation video game systems based on Upper Deck Entertainments Marvel Trading Card Game. This is the latest addition to Konamis collection of interactive trading card based properties, which also includes the tremendously successful Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The Marvel Trading Card Game is a trading card game (TCG) developed by Upper Deck Entertainment, which uses the highly popular ?Vs. System? game engine designed to support traditional one-on-one dueling competitions with popular Marvel comic book characters. In addition to the rights for developing this property into a video game for both online and offline formats, Konami also secured the license to incorporate Marvel character content into the game -- including content based on The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Since its release in 2003, the Marvel Trading Card Game has been one of the TCGs in the market, and has been honored with such awards as Inquest Gamer Magazines 2005 Fan Award, and GAMAs 2005 Gamers Choice Award. Using the innovative Vs. System, the game allows players to build some of the most power-packed decks around the some of the strongest characters in the comic universe. Development of the game included testing by top professional TCG players from around the world to ensure that the Vs. System is carefully balanced for high-level competition, as well as casual play. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |