ASUS to Serve As Preferred Gaming Monitor Partner On 2016 Wizard World Tour
ASUS to provide Gaming Monitors for Wizard World Comic Con and Gaming Tour Events
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., February 9, 2016
– Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) today announced that ASUS will serve
as the Preferred Gaming Monitor Partner at Wizard World pop culture,
comic con and gaming conventions throughout 2016, beginning with
Portland, February 19-21.
ASUS
monitors will be featured in eSports competitions and free play areas
at Wizard World comic con and Gaming events. The industry-leading
monitors will also be integrated with Official Anime Entertainment
Partner BANDAI NAMCO’s Tekken 7
gaming cabinets. Wizard World is the only tour in the U.S. offering
consumers a chance to free play the pre-release game and even compete in
tournaments for cash and prizes.
“Teaming
with ASUS is another important step in providing our fans with the best
quality to enhance their experience at Wizard World shows,” said John Macaluso ,
CEO, Wizard World, Inc., “We hope that this is just the beginning of a
mutually prosperous partnership with such a significant global player in
the tech world.”
Vivian
Lien, Chief Marketing Officer at ASUS Computer International, believes
this close partnership strongly supports both eSports and the growing
community of gamers. “Although eSports has become an incredible
phenomenon recently, ASUS has been developing industry leading
motherboards, notebooks, graphics cards and monitors for gamers since
day one. We’re excited about this opportunity to provide monitors for
the Wizard World Tour, and can’t wait to see the results from these
intense the competitions.”
The
2016 Wizard World convention schedule is comprised of 18 events,
celebrating pop culture, movies, television, cosplay, comics, gaming,
sci-fi, graphic novels, toys, anime, original art, collectibles,
contests and more. Wizard World will also allocate significant space on
the exhibit floor for major gaming-focused activations and a live
streaming competition stage at 10 of its conventions to be held in the
following cities: Portland, Ore. (Feb. 19-21); St. Louis (April 1-3); Minneapolis (May 6-8); Philadelphia (June 2-5); Sacramento , Calif. (June 17-19); Columbus, Ohio (July 29-31); Orlando, Fla. (August 5-7); Chicago (August 18-21); Austin, Texas (September 23-25); and Pittsburgh (November 4-6).
About ASUS
ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the
world’s best-selling, most award-winning motherboards. A leading
enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures
products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home and
office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics
cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks,
netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking
devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to
quality, ASUS won 4,326 awards in 2014 and is widely credited with
revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC™. ASUS has more than
16,000 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of
5,200 engineers. Company revenue for 2014 was approximately US$14.5
billion.
About Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD)
Wizard World, Inc. (http://www.wizardworld.com )
produces comic con and pop culture conventions across North America
that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, television,
cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming,
original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of
topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's,
comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening
parties and more. Wizard World has also launched Wizard World Store ( www.shopwizardworld.com),
CONtv, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent
content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM), and ComicConBox™, a
premium subscription-based monthly box service. Fans can interact with
Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social
media services.
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