An official statement from Microsoft has been issued in response to the rumors floating around about the external HD-DVD drive that will soon be released for the XBOX 360. I suppose we won't see any 1080p games anytime soon...

"Microsoft Taiwan, in response to questions raised by Taiwan-based developers of on-line, PC and console games, has confirmed that the HD-DVD drive to be used with its Xbox 360 game console is to merely play back HD-DVD movies and not to support games on HD-DVD, according to industry sources."