Existing 360 themes work with new dash

Microsoft has told us our existing Xbox 360 themes will work with the redesigned dashboard.

The ugly grey background can be decorated with your giant Masterchief poster or your Marcus Fenix pumping iron pictures, and the Microsoft artists have cobbled together some mock-ups to illustrate how.

Microsoft unveiled the dashboard redesign during its E3 media briefing on Monday. This introduces a Windows Vista-style blade layout as well as those customisable Mii-like avatars.

We're told to expect the changes sometime this autumn, and you can watch a lifestyle summary of them over on Eurogamer TV.