Microsoft has officially revealed a new Xbox 360 with a 250GB HDD, built-in Wi-Fi, a shiny new coat of glossy black paint, and it ships today to retailers.

Attendees of the E3 Microsoft press conference all received free ones. The new Xbox 360 Slim will also be making its way to England on July 16, 2010, at £199. The price comes courtesy of Play.com, and the release date was reported by UK Inside Xbox producer, Andy Farrant, on his Twitter.

The new Xbox 360 has touch-sensitive on/off and eject buttons, with built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi. There are ports for optical audio, A/V, HDMI, ethernet, and a custom port for the Kinect connection, as well as five USB ports. Only the standard A/V component cables come with the system, so the HDMI cable is sold separately. The power supply is all new and much smaller than the other models, and the console itself is “whisper quiet,” with just one large fan instead of two, placed specifically on the side of the console to improve acoustics. The system makes a little chime when you flip it on as well, and the disc drive still sounds the same when it spins.

The hard drive is 250GB, and there’s a tab on the bottom that you can pull out to replace it if necessary. Transer software is built into the system this time around, so all you have to do is plug one end of the cable (available for $19.99) into the system, and the other end into the hard drive. The console will come with one standard wireless controller, backwards compatible with previous versions of the hardware. All of the accessories are black, including the chatpad.

This article was written by Michael Young