500 GB Blue Xbox 360 Confirmed; Includes Two Call of Duty Games for $250

The rumors were right. Today, Microsoft officially announced a new blue Xbox 360 system bundle featuring the biggest hard drive ever for the console and two free games.

Just as a leaked Wal-Mart ad scan indicated, the $250 special edition bundle includes a 500 GB blue system, matching blue controller, one month of Xbox Live Gold, and copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Ghosts.

The system will be exclusive to Walmart, and has been announced only for the United States. It launches on October 7.

This was one of three new Xbox 360 bundles announced today. Another is the 500 GB Holiday Value Bundle (at left), which will be available at retailers nationwide next week. It includes everything mentioned above, only the console and controller are the standard black color.

Third, a new 4 GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle coming exclusively to Target will include the system and the camera, as well as three games: Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports, and Forza Horizon. This bundle will sell for $250, though a launch date was not announced.

The Xbox 360 was first released in November 2005, meaning this holiday season marks the console's ninth year on the market. The system has sold over 84 million units worldwide to date.

Eddie Makuch is a news editor at GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @EddieMakuch