This is just a friendly reminder that the demo for NBA 2K10 is now available for download from Xbox Live. With no regional lockout attached, anyone is able to now get the second of the two licensed NBA games for this year (EA's NBA Live 10's demo has been up for a few weeks) and compare the two side-by-side. Although with the quality of sports games that EA has been pumping out this year, 2K will have their work cut out for them.

The benefit to getting the 2K10 demo, as opposed to Live, is that the former will allow you to play a full game, instead of the half a game EA unlocked. You'll get to replay a game of last season's NBA Finals between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers. And with the demo only coming in at 449MB, you won't need to invest in a new hard drive to play it. No word if this year's game includes a tantrum rating for players like Ron Artest or Rasheed Wallace, but I guess we'll find out.