Last night at 3am, Brian Ashcraft at Kotaku broke the news confirming the black, HDMI, 120GB Xbox 360. We followed up with a post, and Ryan at Engadget got confirmation that it would be dubbed the Elite. After the limited edition black runs sell out, white Xbox 360s with the same guts will take over the premium line. Microsoft never comments on such things before the official announcement. Except by Accident. Here's just a little more confirmation...

We were totally just asking about new controllers.–Brian Lam

PS, I guess I have to spell it out for you — this really doesn't count as confirmation by denial. All fun and games, folks.

Xbox 360 Elite [Engadget]

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