Show #334: Tokyo Game Show, NBA 2K10 and Left 4 Dead's Crash Course

Co-host : e (Xbox LIVE ) (Twitter) Co-host : lollip0p (Xbox LIVE) (Twitter) Special Guest: Stephen Toulouse warns about the latest scams Interview: Erick Boenisch, NBA 2K10 (32:21 – 44:32) Interview: Chet Faliszek, Left4Dead (44:33 – 53:34) Name The Game Xbox 101 And much more

Demo: Need For Speed Shift Demo

Content: Need For Speed Shift Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: Need for Speed Shift is an amazingly realistic and visceral racing game that gives you the true driver’s experience delivering real-world physics in authentically recreated race cars on a wide range of challenging race tracks. Players are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the brutal experience of a first person crash dynamic. Need for Speed Shift features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.

Left 4 Dead Crash Course Pack

Content: Crash CoursePrice: 560 PointsAvailability: All Xbox LIVE RegionsDash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,INTENSE VIOLENCE,LANGUAGE] Left 4 Dead's Crash Course starts with our Survivors right after their rescue helicopter from the No Mercy campaign crash lands on the outskirts of town. This two chapter campaign includes Co-op, Survival and Versus action, and ten new achievements. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Crackdown Premium Theme Preview

I just got word that a Crackdown NXE Theme is coming to Marketplace tomorrow. I’m a big Crackdown fan, so I was pretty excited when I was able to get a preview of what it will look like as well.

Here are the details as they’ll appear in Marketplace tomorrow MORNING after 0700 ET/0300 PT

If you a Crackdown fan, be sure to download the Agilty Orb sound file. It makes a great message tone for your mobile phone!

Content: Play More Crackdown! Price: 240 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: Two years later, Crackdown is still an awesome game. Here’s a new Premium Theme in celebration of its sheer awesomeness. Why not dust off your copy, give your friends a nudge, and go stir up some mayhem in Pacific City?

Your last chance to win a $5,000 shopping spree at Best Buy

It’s not too late so head over to GetGameSmart.com for details. The contest ends April 30th so you’ve got just a few more days/hours left to enter the contest.

New Xbox Originals now available: Max Payne and Max Payne 2

Xbox Originals has just released Max Payne and Max Payne 2. Both titles are now available for download for 1200 points each on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Demo: UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo

Content: UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) ALCOHOL REFERENCE,BLOOD,LANGUAGE,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES,VIOLENCE] So you want to be a fighter! Then download the demo featuring playable UFC Fighters Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua! UFC® 2009 Undisputed is an explosive fighting game detailing the action, intensity and attitude of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Featuring an authentic and comprehensive UFC atmosphere, including an extensive roster of the best mixed martial arts fighters in the world, players will push the envelope with a powerful new game engine, Ultimate Fighting™ Control, and put the best fighting disciplines to the test in the world-famous Octagon™. Take your best shot—UFC 2009 Undisputed is as real as it gets!