Neowin News Feed for: Simulator

This 90s cable TV simulator brings the old nostalgia you needed

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:28:02 +0000

A new DIY project recreates the charm of watching cable TV shows in the 1990s. It's a simulator powered by a Raspberry Pi. Read more...

Microsoft brings $24.99 Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master to Flight Simulator

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has made the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master available in Flight Simulator. The plane will set you back $24.99, but it's highly detailed and aims to provide players with an accurate replica. Read more...

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition available with new features

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:38:01 +0000

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition has been released with five new planes, eight new airports, six new missions, and 14 new tutorials. It also includes new photogrammetry cities. Read more...

Euro Truck Simulator 2's Road to the Black Sea DLC to be released on December 5

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:56:02 +0000

Following the previous announcement trailer, SCS Software has now revealed the release date of its upcoming Road to the Black Sea DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2. It launches December 5. Read more...

Huawei announces HiQ quantum computing simulator

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:02:01 +0000

Huawei has announced HiQ, a quantum computing simulator that will be open to the public for the purposes of research and education. HiQ also features a programming framework to develop software. Read more...

Transport yourself back to the era of Windows 95 with this cleverly-built office simulator

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:34:01 +0000

If you ever wanted to experience a simulated time of working at the office, now you can. A new game by design professor Pippin Barr is available to play for free right in your browser. Read more...

Microsoft Flight cancelled, dev team disbanded

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:20:48 +0000

Microsoft announced today that they have cancelled their game Microsoft Flight, and re-purposed 35 staff at their Vancouver studio that were associated with the development of the game Read more...

Microsoft Flight Beta invites go out to users

News Staff — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:56:39 +0000

Hot on the heels announcing that Microsoft Flight will be a "freemium" game, the company has begun sending out invites to a highly secretive beta of the game. Read more...

Full Battlefield 3 simulator video is, well, awesome

John Callaham — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:33:37 +0000

The UK-based TV show the Gadget Show has now posted up the full video feature about it's efforts to build a $650,000 first person shooter simulator using EA's Battlefield 3 as the game. Read more...

DARPA looking for gamers to test simulator

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:52:40 +0000

With the ever increasing risk of a submarine attack, the US government is working on a simulation software to help track enemy submarines during submarine warfare. They are looking for gamers to help test the... Read more...

Microsoft Flight Simulator the victim of staff layoffs?

Tom Warren — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:44:25 +0000

Microsoft confirmed the closure of Aces Game Studio to IGN today, the internal development studio responsible for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Amidst the 5,000 job cuts at Microsoft it appears as though Microsoft Flight Simulator is... Read more...

MS Flight Simulator X SP2 enables DirectX10 features

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:23:46 +0000

Flight Simulator X Service Pack 2 previews the new technology of DirectX 10 to enhance environmental effects such as bloom, realistic water, and virtual co ckpit shadowing. You must have a DirectX 10 graphics adapter... Read more...

Microsoft rides the rails again with Train Simulator

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:24:12 +0000

Almost six years ago, Microsoft released Microsoft Train Simulator as part of its Flight Simulator series - the game offered more than 600 miles of re-created railroad routes and a huge level of detail. Microsoft... Read more...

Microsoft's Flight Simulator X

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:24:19 +0000

GamersReports has obtained a Q/A information sheet from Microsoft on the background and system requirements of Flight Sim X. According to this Q/A, the popular flight simulator will be released around the holiday months and,... Read more...

Train Simulator 2.0 Cancelled

Mon, 03 May 2004 14:43:22 +0000

Microsoft confirmed earlier today that Train Simulator 2.0 for PC has been cancelled. The game, which was being handled by Microsoft after UK-based Kuju handed over development responsibilities last year, had been scheduled for a... Read more...

ToCA Race Driver 2: the Ultimate Racing Simulator demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:49:48 +0000

Codemasters has released the promised playable demo for ToCA Race Driver 2: the Ultimate Racing Simulator, allowing you to take their upcoming hybrid racing simulation for a spin. This demo includes three Free Race tracks:... Read more...

MS Flight simulator 2004 goes GOLD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:58:36 +0000

Microsoft Game Studios today announced that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight for Windows has gone gold and is clear for takeoff. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight is scheduled to... Read more...

Microsoft Flight Simulator - A Century of Flight Announced

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:18:53 +0000

Thanks Bink for this. How do you celebrate 100 years of aviation history? Release a new flight simulator game, of course Microsoft has announced Microsoft Flight Simulator: A Century of Flight, the newest... Read more...

Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle For Europe

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:30:15 +0000

PCGameworld has a great preview of Combat Flight Sim 3. "You hear bombs crashing into the ground somewhere nearby. Bullets may start hitting what you thought was a static shot of a... Read more...

Flight Simulator 2002 has gone gold

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:47:13 +0000

Thanks Bain for this one.. GoneGold reports that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 has gone gold: I saw that EB has this shipping at the end of the week, so I checked with MS PR and... Read more...

Flight Simulator 2002 delayed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:39:30 +0000

Microsoft announced yesterday that the release of its upcoming game Flight Simulator 2002 will be indefinitely delayed in deference to the victims of last week's terrorist attacks... Reports indicate that earlier versions of this game... Read more...