Kinect Sports 'Calorie Challenge' DLC lets you play with your food

New DLC for Kinect Sports, coming April 29, will add a new mode called "Calorie Challenge." This, of course, uses the Kinect sensor to scan every Twinkie, Monte Cristo sandwich, and bowl of melted butter you eat, keeping a running tally of exactly how many calories you consume within a time limit.

Okay, we're kidding.

The Calorie Challenge is actually a mode in which you face off against anthropomorphized snack foods in a series of challenges, with the goal to burn off as many calories as that food typically contains. You'll compete against "Peppy Pizza" to burn off 302 calories, for example, while Steady Celery will provide seconds of competition with 25 calories.Gallery: Kinect Sports (Calorie Challenge DLC)

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Bethesda settles all Fallout IP related lawsuits

Bethesda Softworks and Interplay have reached a settlement in their protracted dispute over the rights to the Fallout IP, specifically in regards to an MMO, which Interplay announced five years ago. Bethesda states that as part of the settlement the "license granted to Interplay to develop the Fallout MMO is null and void, and all rights granted to Interplay to develop a Fallout MMO revert back to Bethesda, effective immediately."

Bethesda parent company ZeniMax will pay Interplay $2 million "as consideration in the settlement," each side will pay its own legal fees, and Bethesda will retain rights to the Fallout intellectual property. Interplay has no ongoing right to the Fallout brand nor any Fallout intellectual property.

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