It may not have a new name, but the Xbox 360 certainly has received quite a facelift on this the fifth anniversary of its unveiling. The new Xbox 360 (aka the "Xbox 360 250GB") makes up for its familiar name by offering a starkly refreshed and, in our eyes, significantly sexier design than its predecessor -- which honestly was quite the looker in its day. Despite only just being made official, we've already had time to unbox and play with one, a dizzyingly fast-paced unveil that might have left you with some questions about just what here is new and what here is old. Click on through, dear reader, and we'll tell you everything you need to know.

pretty nice write-up of the changes to the 360... i was kind of stoked to read that it's shipping to stores and should be available this friday, and am kind of fighting the temptation to just pick one up... and why would i think of doing such a thing? well, the 360 Elite i got back from Best Buy is definitely a refurbished one, and has some weird disk drive issues... i can't play Gears 2 or MW2, for instance, yet other games work just fine. go figure, i don't understand it.

only thing holding me back is all the bullshit with the original 360... feel like i should wait a bit before upgrading (again)... but we'll see... if i get a $100 gift card or something, maybe i'll just grab one.