Get ready for the pledge drive, folks: PBS announced Friday that it will be airing a 90-minute concert of Video Games Live.
Video Games Live is proud to announce an absolutely unprecedented line-up of the world’s most beloved video game franchises coming together for the first time in history to celebrate gaming culture and the incredible music surrounding it. A 90-minute Video Games Live special, consisting of never before televised live musical performances from the Mario, Zelda, Sonic, Halo, Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, God of War, Civilization, Chrono Cross, StarCraft and Guitar Hero franchises, including a musical journey through Classic Gaming, will make its national premiere on July 31 and air throughout August 2010 on PBS stations (check local listings).
Here is the trailer:
We're definitely looking forward to this.
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Holy crap! Jamie Lee Curtis commenting on the musical scale of WoW, I am impressed. I saw VGL at Blizzcon 2008. It was an amazing experience and I got a lot of good HD video of it. I intend to watch this performance on PBS. Kudos to PBS, great way to keep up with the gaming generations!