Comparative to the other existing major video game concert acts, which mostly focus on the pure orchestral performances, the rock band element is the core essence of the VGO.

VGO's debut concert, A Night of Symphonic Video Game Music, was held at Gordon Chapel in Old South Church in Boston on July 2, 2008.

Featuring a rock band consisting of drums, two guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, violin soloist and one/two vocalist led by Shota Nakama.

It received heavy promotion and the orchestra was featured on NECN News,[1] Boston Globe,[2] and numerous other papers, radio stations, and websites around the world.

After a year of experimenting with different performance styles, the VGO decided to return to their full orchestra size for their big show in their home town of Boston.

The convention guest of honor, Nobuo Uematsu, had a surprise appearance on One Winged Angel during the encore, marking one of the first times the famous composer has performed alongside a video game cover band.

[5] During 2011, VGO reached another milestone by performing at the Boston Symphony Hall which marked the first time that video game music was featured as a main draw in the venue.

The show was titled Back to the Future ~Rockestral Renditions of Timeless Video Game and Film Music~ and sold out all tickets within only days, and was attended by music industry legends such as Alan Silvestri and Howard Shore.

The group spent the rest of the year touring conventions and video game festivals, including making their first appearance at PAX Prime in Seattle on January 13, 2011.

The concert was held on March 10 in Boston Symphony Hall, and gained high praise and sold out within mere days of tickets being put on sale.

The event was sold out, and in attendance was 4 of Japan's most prolific names in the video game music industry, Kinuyo Yamashita, Yoko Shimomura, Noriyuki Iwadare, and Hitoshi Sakimoto.

Riding off the success of their performances at Distant Worlds and the many PAXs they've attended, VGO was invited as a special guest for the 11th iteration of MagFest,[7] playing alongside nerdcore stalwarts Brentalfloss and Powerglove.

[8] VGO developed new acoustic style show was created uniquely for U-CON, held at the UCONN Student Union on February 16, featuring all new arrangements of many of their most popular songs from their repertoire.

The show held at Boston Symphony Hall, which was quickly sold out, featured music from famous games the most notable being Chrono Trigger and God of War amongst other noteworthy titles.