Microsoft announced at the X06 event in Spain that the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive will sell for $199.99 in the United States and for 199.99 Euro in Europe.

Pricing for the external HD DVD drive already got announced for Japan last week. Japanese Xbox fans pay about 20,790 yen.

The Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD drive comes with Peter Jackson's King Kong on HD DVD (for a limited time) and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.

There was no announcement about the rumored Xbox 360 HD DVD bundle. More details about the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive can be found here. Pre-order did not start yet on Amazon.com.

Microsoft made some more announcements at the X06, which you can find in this press-release.