D-Link to Sponsor California's Premiere Fighting Game Tournament -- Level Up's Southern California Regionals, Oct. 9-11

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing effort to support the burgeoning world of eSports, D-Link^® today announced it is partnering with Level Up, LLC to power California's most prestigious fighting game tournament, Southern California Regionals, Oct. 9 – 11 at the Ontario Convention Center. With thousands of onsite attendees and almost one million unique stream visitors expected over the course of the event, SoCal Regionals will be relying on the strong networking backbone of both D-Link's enterprise switches as well as its line of Ultra Wi-Fi Routers to ensure optimal network performance.

"D-Link is committed to powering eSports events, from grassroots LAN parties to major competitions," said Daniel Kelley, vice president of marketing, D-Link Systems Inc. "We're thrilled to be bringing our networking expertise to Southern California Regionals and the legions of passionate fans attending the event or watching it streamed online."

Featuring 17 different fighting game competitions, the event will host fighting game fans from all over the world in a battle. It's also a qualifier for the prestigious Capcom Cup to be held later this year.

"D-Link has always been part of my personal networking infrastructure," said Jimmy Nguyen, Chief Operations Officer, Level Up, LLC. "It's very exciting to see a company, so essential to many homes and businesses, proactively integrate themselves into the gaming world. I am proud to have D-Link sponsor and power the networking of SoCal Regionals and Level Up's future events and productions."

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