The Video Games Live video games music extravaganza will be heading to Comic-Con 2014 in San Diego. The Comic-Con show will be held on the evening of Thursday July 24th, in concert (see what I did there?) with the San Diego Symphony, at the Embarcadero Marina Park South venue.
Here’s the good stuff, straight from the announcement:
“The performance will include…
The WORLD PREMIERE from the yet to be released new Blizzard Entertainment franchise Heroes of the Storm conducted by legendary Blizzard composer Glenn Stafford!
Blizzard Entertainment’s highly anticipated upcoming World of Warcraft® expansion, Warlords of Draenor™, conducted by Audio Director and Composer Russell Brower.
Performing League of Legends with Riot Games composers Christian Linke and Michael Barry.
Vocalist Jillian Aversa (Halo, God of War, Civilization, Soul Calibur V) and Andrew Aversa (Street Fighter II: Remix, Soul Calibur V, Monkey Island: SE) to perform their arrangement of “Aria Di Mezzo Carattere (Opera Theme)” from Final Fantasy VI.
Performing the music from the popular Nintendo DS game Cave Story including an appearance by the game creator and popular Japanese game designer Daisuke Amaya (“Pixel”).
Composer Frank Klepacki to join the symphony on guitar to perform his music from Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
Garry Schyman to conduct his award winning music from BioShock.
Popular video game cover band Critical Hit to perform featuring Blizzard composer Jason Hayes and cello sensation Tina Guo.
A special 30th Anniversary Tetris Opera celebration featuring vocal soloist Jillian Aversa.
Internet sensation guitarist Viking Jesus.
AND MORE! Including fan favorites such as Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, Skyrim, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Castlevania, Portal and Sonic!!
All of the Special Guests will be available to meet after the show during our Meet & Greet which is open to all ticket holders.
Come early for the Costume Contest as well as games provided by Game Stop!
Looney Labs will be awarding packages for it’s very popular Fluxx card game to certain lucky ticket holders!”
The good news for folks in the San Diego area is that there’s no need to be Comic-Con badge holder to attend. The registration page complete with details and background on Video Games Live can be found on this page. For those who want to go a step beyond to the “VIP experience”, that particular bundle can be purchased separately as an add-on only to the concert ticket here.
