Konami is happy to announce a product upgrade for the online version of Yu-Gi-Oh! with the release of Yu-Gi-Oh! Online Duel Accelerator, which will be released for PC in March of this year. This is the fifth year of Yu-Gi-Oh! Online and it’s services, the publisher added a ton of new elements, cards, and systems for online players. This update provides new duels with the latest characters from the 5D’s TV series while keeping old fan-favorites like Yugi, Kaiba, Jaden and Princeton.

Players are welcome to create 3D avatars for use in game, and Konami has enhanced the basic mechanics of dueling online. The most duelist-friendly change is that duels will now be free! Players can buy “Boosterpass” points to add new cards, and the points can be bought via credit card or PayPal. In the new version, players can trade cards with other players and lend cards to their friends and team members.

Konami has opened free Beta-testing trials of the Duel Accelerator now, and the Beta will be open until the end of February. You can check it out by going to www.yugioh-online.net. It will run alongside the current Duel Evolution service, which will come to an end when Duel Accelerator launches  next month!

orites such
as Yugi, Kaiba, Jaden and Princeton.

Players are invited to create 3D avatars for use in the game, and KDE has
enhanced the basic mechanics of online Dueling, too. The most
Duelist-friendly change is that Duels will now be played at no cost. Players
can buy BOOSTERPASS points to add new cards to their Decks, and these can be
acquired by credit card or PayPal. In this new version of Yu-Gi-Oh! ONLINE,
players will not only be able to trade cards with other players but also
lend cards to their friends and Dueling team members.

Konami has opened free Beta trials of *Yu-Gi-Oh! ONLINE DUEL ACCELERATOR* now,
which will continue until the end of February. It can be found at
www.yugioh-online.net, and will run alongside the existing Yu-Gi-Oh! ONLINE
DUEL EVOLUTION service, which will come to an end when *Yu-Gi-Oh! ONLINE
DUEL ACCELERATOR* launches in March.