February 27, 2007
Konami Ships Marvel Trading Card Game for PSP
Create an Original Team of Marvel Super Heroes
and Compete Online in this New Card-Based Strategy Game
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today
announced that it has shipped Marvel Trading Card Game for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
system to retail stores nationwide. Based on the hit collectible card game from
Upper Deck Entertainment, Marvel Trading Card Game lets players assemble their
own original team of Super Heroes and Super Villains and wage battle in a deep
single player campaign as well as massive online tournaments.
Marvel Trading Card Game puts the forces of the
Marvel Universe into players’ hands as they create a custom team of Super Heroes
and Super Villains and do battle in strategic card-based clashes. With
Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, The Incredible Hulk and
hundreds more at their disposal, players will be able to experience incredible
battles made possible by Upper Deck’s “Vs. System,” a dynamic card-based game
engine. With numerous card types, players can produce decks that follow a number
of different strategic options that will lead them down different paths to
victory.
The single player story mode of Marvel Trading
Card Game lets players choose a path of good or evil as they progress with a
team of heroes or villains through a story penned by Marvel writer John Layman.
In between each epic battle, players will accumulate more cards to incorporate
into their deck and also view detailed comic book cut scenes drawn by Marvel
artists Dave Ross, Keron Grant, Pat Olliffe and others that progress the game’s
story.
Highlighting the online infrastructure
functionality of the PSP system, Marvel Trading Card Game features a persistent
online community where players can compete with others in special game modes and
tournaments, trade for cards and purchase new packs from the game’s online
store. New sets of cards will be available exclusively through the online store,
letting players explore new strategic possibilities while refining their deck
with the most up to date game content. Frequent tournaments sanctioned by Konami
will let players put their skills and decks to the test, with the winners
securing valuable prizes such as rare card sets.
Marvel Trading Card Game for the PSP system is
rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and carries a suggested retail price of $29.99.
The game will also be released for the Nintendo DS™ and PC this spring. For more
information, please visit
www.konami.com.
