Demos - 'NASCAR 08' and 'All-Pro Football 2K8' up on XBL Marketplace

The Xbox Live Marketplace is a great place to be, as far as downloadable content is concerned and I'm not talking only about games. The Wii Shop Channel is no match for it, even though it's Nintendo's service that offers the best of the classics and arcade originals. But let's see what Microsoft's offering its users this week.

Thanks to Xbox Live's Major Nelson, we found out that NASCAR 08 and All-Pro Football 2K8 are available to get via XBLA, as downloadable demos, for free. What, you didn't expect them to throw in the full games for free now did you? Anyway, here's the deal, just as Major Nelson puts it:

"NASCAR 08:

Content: NASCAR 08 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE)] Take the wheel at the Daytona International Speedway as NASCAR racing comes to the Xbox 360 for the first time. Experience tomorrow's racing today in NASCAR 08! Visit easports.com/nascar08 for more info.
Size: 589.32 MB"

Here are some of the game's main features:

- race in NASCAR's top 3 series: Craftsman Truck, Busch, and NEXTEL Cup.
- race the Car of Tomorrow experience the handling of NASCAR’s newest race car, and use new racing strategies to capture the NEXTEL Cup championship.
- new Career Mode complete challenges in the new Chase mode to earn licenses and contracts that unlock unique specialty cars.
- new 3-D Cockpit.

As for All-Pro Football 2K8, the same site posts the following:

"All-Pro Football 2K8:

Content: All-Pro Football 2K8 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Canada and the United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) MILD LANGUAGE] Check out the official demo of this year's most highly anticipated football game, as 2K Sports makes its triumphant return to the gridiron with All-Pro Football 2K8!
Size: 681.90 MB"

All-Pro Football 2K8 features a fictional league called the All-Pro League, or APL. The APL consists of 24 teams that are grouped into four divisions of six teams each, whereas the NFL's 32 teams are grouped into eight divisions of four teams each. Both leagues, however, run a sixteen-game schedule and hold a championship game at the end of the playoffs.

Are you still reading? What's wrong with you!? Go download the pair straight away!

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