Fallout: New Vegas problems

I bought Fallout NV recently and whenever I press new game the game loads for about 3-5 seconds then goes to a black screen and I get the "Fallout NV has stopped working" error. I have re-installed the game 3 or 4 times, updated my drivers, ran the game in compatibility mode, and still it does the same thing. If I try to validate the files through Steam it says "1 files failed to validate and will be reaquired." I have tried to validate many times and keep getting the same message. What should I do?

When you say re-installed, do you mean to re-downloaded aswell?

right click on game in your library, go to properties, then local files, than verify integrity of game casch. if there are a few files that didnt download right that should fix it. good luck

well, hey thats all i can do for you. im not sure if theres a way to contact valve about this, but that would be my next step if i were you. also dont go digital unless neccecary is a great tip, like only if you save more than 50%, but thats just my opinion, i collect games