{"id":8656,"date":"2022-01-19T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T06:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=8656"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:39:38","slug":"20220119-8656","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220119-8656\/","title":{"rendered":"Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel releases on PC and consoles as a free-to-play title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220119-189165\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-01-19 12:55<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Konami Digital Entertainment has released the digital card game <em><strong>Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel<\/strong><\/em> on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The game is free-to-play with in-app purchases available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL \u2013 launch trailer \u2013 19.01.2022\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DbBwNpOkEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel<\/em> lets players play the official <em>Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game<\/em> digitally. The game includes staple cards from the series like Exodia the Forbidden One, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Dark Magician, and contains over 10,000 cards in total. And in a first for the series, card artwork and text are officially supported in 4k on PlayStation 4 Pro, PlayStation 5, Xbox One X, and Xbox Series X. The resolution of the PC version will vary based on system specs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel<\/em> supports the <em>Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG\/TCG<\/em> Master Rules. In addition to building decks and battling online, there\u2019s also Solo Mode which, \u201cguides you through storylines of the themes from the <em>Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG<\/em>.\u201d Plus, there\u2019s a tutorial so players can learn the game while honing their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL: Solo Mode\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0_Ft9G4brc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Konami has stated there will be various events and tournaments available and that they plan to use the game for the top <em>Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG\/TCG<\/em> event, Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the title is free-to-play, there\u2019s an in-game currency called gems which can be used to purchase card packs and accessories from the shop. The game can also be linked with the official companion app <em>Yu-Gi-Oh! Neuron<\/em>, and players can look at the deck lists of fellow duelists from around the world to see how they can improve their own decks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220119-8656-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.konami.com\/yugioh\/masterduel\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel <\/a><\/em>is now available on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Apps for iOS and Android are also planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel releases on PC and consoles as a free-to-play title. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel lets players play the official Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game digitally. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-8656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yu-Gi-Oh! 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