Video Games Live Joins E3 2009 Closing Ceremony

E3 2009 is being marketed as a return to its bombastic, festival-esque roots -- an effort that now includes a performance by the world's premier gaming-themed orchestral concert, Video Games Live.

Come 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 4, VGL will "be performing under the stars" at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre as part of E3 2009's closing ceremony. As the company has not played in Los Angeles in "over 2 years," VGL's official site draws attention to the new material it has since added, including tunes from Diablo III, World of Warcraft, Chrono Trigger and Mega Man.

More intriguingly is a single sentence found at the end of VGL's announcement:

Because of the E3 convention, there will be a lot of very special guests from Japan and Europe in town for this performance.

Admittedly, the line is very non-committal, but given the number of high-profile developers scheduled to attend E3, and VGL's tendency to attract the biggest names in videogame sound design, I wouldn't be surprised if this show was the biggest event VGL holds this year.

VIDEO GAMES LIVE RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES! [Video Games Live]

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