Konami Out in Front

In the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Konami seems to be moving ahead of Upper Deck Entertainment, the game’s former (?) U.S. distributor. ICv2 reports that the U.S. District Court has sided with Konami and ordered Upper Deck to stop “promoting or holding itself out to members of the public as an authorized distributor or rights-holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.” And sure enough, the Upper Deck web site no longer features Yu-Gi-Oh! products. Further, hobby retailers appear to be going with the flow, many having signed on for Konami’s Crimson Crisis sneak peak events taking place this weekend.