Leap into action next week

Launches 29th April

Microsoft's doing its best to keep Kinect Sports in the disc trays of Xbox 360s everywhere, as it's set to launch brand new downloadable content for the game next week.

The Calorie Challenge add-on launches on 29th April and containts a new mode where players will have to defeat opponents in the form of high calorie sneaks: Peppy Pizza, Supersonic Soda and more will all stand in the way of you and healthy eating, apparently.

The pack will cost 320 Microsoft Points and offer a further 250G of Achievements and two new Avatar Awards too, which might entice you to plonk down your Points on this one.

Read the press release below and look out for the content on 29th April.

Break a Sweat with the “Kinect Sports: Calorie Challenge” Game Add-on Launching 29 April

London - 19 April 2011 - Jump into action and feel the burn with the “Kinect Sports: Calorie Challenge” Game Add-on for the best-selling title on Kinect for Xbox 360. In the new Calorie Challenge Mode, your favourite lunch foods and snacks will take the forms of your Avatar Calorie Rivals. Compete against Peppy Pizza, Supersonic Soda and others, as each food mascot represents a calorie goal to burn off through a series of challenges set within an allotted time period.

Available for 320 Microsoft Points exclusively on Xbox LIVE starting 29 April, the “Calorie Challenge” game add-on offers 250 new Achievements Points, and two new Avatar Awards. Whether you’re swinging a punch at Mighty Milk in Boxing or racing against Steady Celery towards the finish line in Track & Field, bring your A-game for healthy fun with the “Kinect Sports: Calorie Challenge.”

“Kinect Sports: Calorie Challenge” Calorie Rivals

· Steady Celery (25 calories)
· Blazing Banana (92 calories)
· Supersonic Soda (133 calories)
· Mighty Milk (198 calories)
· Peppy Pizza (302 calories)
· Chocolate Challenger (416 calories)

Turn your living room into a world-class stadium, bowling alley, football pitch or track-and-field arena. With “Kinect Sports” you’re not only the star player, you are the controller — through the magic of Kinect for Xbox 360. See a ball? Kick it. Spike it. Bump it. Even give it a little topspin. Simple, intuitive and instantly fun, “Kinect Sports” delivers the ultimate party experience — whether you are trying to beat the keeper in football or cheering on your friends at ringside. The first full-body, controller-free sports game that lets you physically compete with friends over Xbox LIVE, “Kinect Sports” is so real, you will almost feel the wind in your hair as you fly over hurdles and the sand in your toes as you set, bump and spike your way to volleyball victory.