Microsoft finished up its E3 keynote an hour or so ago, and announced that it'd be shipping to stores in the States today (we assume for selling tomorrow or later in the week), and also announced the price over there.

Well, we had a quick pop over to Play.com to check out whether they had it listed yet, and yes they do.

It's listing the console - which packs a slimmer size (and quieter noise profile), 250GB HDD and built-in spec-N WiFi - for £199.99, with a release date of 16/07/2010.

Obviously that's pretty much a month after the States will seemingly get it, so whether it's a placeholder date, or whether a staggered release really is on the cars, we don't know.

[Play.com Slim Xbox 360 listing]