Microsoft released on Tuesday an official update to the Xbox 360, patching in improvements to a number of different facets of the console.

New features include the option to keep your saved games when a profile is deleted, more precision when it comes to recording the "last time played" for players on Xbox Live, more informative messages for unreadable discs or region related errors and changes to the Xbox Guide.

For more information visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/0130-autoupdate.htm.