Microsoft's Flight Simulator team has delivered its sixth City Update for Flight Simulator. The latest update brings visual upgrades and better detail to seven cities in the region.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator players can now jump into a free Dune expansion that includes Arrakis deserts to explore, The Royal Atreides Ornithopter to fly, as well as special missions.
Microsoft Flight Simulator has released its final free content update of 2023, with graphical updates to several European cities. It has also added the Cessna T207A Turbo Stationair plane.
Another content update for Flight Simulator has landed, with this one focused on upgrading five cities in Western Europe for free. The largest flying boat in history is live as a premium item too.
World Update XIV has hit Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it brings major visual enhancements to Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, alongside new missions.
The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has another update ready for fans. The second City Update of June has major visual upgrades to Texas cities, including Austin, Cedar Park, San Antonio, and more.
13 countries and 28 non-sovereign territories are getting major visual upgrades in Flight Simulator as part of the latest World Update. 150 new points of interest and 11 new missions also here.
10 million virtual pilots have taken to the skies in Microsoft Flight Simulator since its launch in 2020. Players across all platforms have flown over 40 billion miles across Earth since then.
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.
The Cessna 195 Businessliner has arrived in Microsoft Flight Simulator. It can be purchased from the in-game store for $19.99. Microsoft has paid a lot of attention to interior and exterior details.
Another World Update has reached Microsoft Flight Simulator, and this time the developer is taking aim at upgrading the fidelity of Canada. Enhanced urban regions and more are now available.
Nvidia GPUs are now Game Ready for Overwatch 2 with the latest 517.48 WHQL driver. The new driver also brings the latest GeForce Experience app that fixes the Windows 11 22H2 performance problems.
Virpil Controls has updated its line-up of premium flight simulator gear with the release of the VPC Constellation Alpha Prime grip and the third-generation VPC MongoosT-50CM3 flightstick base.
Microsoft today announced the first update focusing on reworking cities. Also, the company unveiled details about the upcoming 40th Anniversary Update with helicopters, classic missions, and more.
A partnership between Microsoft and Paramount Pictures has spawned a Top Gun: Maverick expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The free update carries plenty of jet action to satisfy fans.
The Microsoft Flight Simulator development team has given its hand-crafted touch to Italy and Malta this time as part of World Update IX. Major graphics upgrades cities, airports, and more are here.
The latest Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update brings along new high resolution geographic data that bumps up the quality of Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra, alongside other improvements.
Microsoft's cloud-based gaming service will soon add a much-need mouse and keyboard support to make console games available on any device without the need to buy additional hardware.
A military jet, an eVTOL, early access to DirectX12, more hand-crafted airports, and much more features are coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator for free as part of its Game of the Year upgrade.
As part of its gamescom 2021 showcase, Microsoft announced World Update VI for Flight Simulator, coming next month. The firm is also adding Air Races, bringing competitive multiplayer flights.
The last seven days were quite eventful in Microsoft land, with earnings reports, the arrival of Flight Sim on console, and the EOL of Skype for Business Online. Be sure to catch up via our overview.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available for Xbox Series X|S users and Xbox Game Pass subscribers. There are also a bunch of new features such as AI-based flying assistance and Discovery Flights.
Xbox Game Pass is set to gain the Xbox Series X|S version of Flight Simulator, The Ascent, Battlefield V for cloud, plus a whole lot of indie games, including Project Wingman, in the next two weeks.
The Nordic countries have been added to Microsoft Flight Simulator via the latest World Update V. It features the region's high mountains, fjords, valleys, landmarks, and much more.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator heads to Xbox Series X|S consoles on July 27 and is available on day one for Game Pass users. There is also a Top Gun" Maverick expansion pack coming later this year.
Microsoft today released Flight Simulator patch version 1.16.2.0, bringing a ton of fixes across the board. It has also optimized the initial download to reduce the base install size by around 90GB.
Microsoft has released a patch for Flight Simulator that improves the accuracy of the live weather system and fixes certain stuttering issues. A major update is expected later this month.
France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have received major overhauls in Microsoft Flight Simulator, featuring more accurate cities and airports, over 100 landmarks, and more.
The latest aircraft, the CRJ 550/700, comes as a result of the collaboration between Asobo Studio and Aerosoft, and becomes the first one of such a complex nature to be introduced to the title.
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Microsoft has released the third major update for Flight Simulator, bringing more than 70 high-quality landmarks, five new airports, and more to the UK and Ireland, along with a bunch of bug fixes.
Microsoft is rolling out Flight Simulator Sim Update 2 that brings VR support, 12 new locations for the holidays, loads of fixes and improvements to ATC, UI, and General Aviation and Airliners.
Today, Microsoft presented some more statistics for its new Flight Simulator game. Over two million people have played in over 50 million flights, and 9.7 million hours have been watched on Twitch.
Microsoft today announced that its massively popular sim title Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming to Xbox Series X|S consoles in summer 2021. However, the Xbox One version looks to be scrapped.
Microsoft has released this year's holiday advertisement, and while last year's was centered around a little girl, this one's main character is the family dog, who's being ignored in favor of tech.
Microsoft's second Flight Simulator content drop brings 50 new points of interest such as the White House, new airports, overall visual improvements, and a bunch of bug fixes and enhancements.
Microsoft has released the sixth patch for Flight Simulator, bumping the version up to 1.10.11.0. There are fixes to the ATC behavior, airplane behavior, navigation, and the weather.
After a brief delay, Microsoft has released the fifth Flight Simulator patch bringing a bunch of fixes to autopilot stability, UI glitches, and more. There are also some known issues in the release.
Microsoft announced that it is delaying the release of the fifth Flight Simulator patch owing to issues plaguing the autopilot functionality on several planes. It is expected in the next few days.
This week saw the release of the October 2020 Update, the first Chromium Edge build for Linux testers, and the start of the Halo 4 Insider testing on PC. Be sure to catch up via our handy guide.
This week, there is a bunch of news to go around regarding Flight Simulator deliverables, including information on the closed beta for VR, the publicly available SDK, the Partnership series, and more.
