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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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

Microsoft has released the fourth Flight Simulator patch, version 1.9.5.0, bringing fixes for a bunch of issues with the VFR map causing crashes, problems with the UI, Marketplace, and more.

This week's development update brings news regarding the Partnership Series, a new Feedback Snapshot, an updated SDK, new introductions to the Marketplace, a world update, and more.

Asobo Studio today announced during the Tokyo Game Show event that a free update is incoming soon to Microsoft Flight Simulator that will upgrade Japanese regions, airports, and more.

This week saw the reveal of the exact time when pre-orders go live for the next-gen Xbox consoles, as well as updates for Edge, Windows, and Surface. Make sure to catch up via our handy overview.

The newly released Microsoft Flight Simulator has already passed the one million player mark on PC. The well-received title has also become the most popular Xbox Game Pass launch yet.

Announced well over a year ago and spending a bit of time in alpha, the long awaited new Microsoft Flight Simulator game is now available, although it's only available for PCs right now.

Microsoft announced the release times for the latest Flight Simulator. It will be available at midnight across 25 different time zones for Microsoft Store pre-orders and at 4AM UTC for Steam users.

This week's development update brings news for a bunch of components including the Partnership Series, the SDK, Feedback Snapshots, and the development roadmap for August-November as well.

Microsoft and Asobo Studio have confirmed that the upcoming Flight Simulator will receive virtual reality headset support via a free update. Steam pre-orders are going live today as well.

This week's update switches the focus to other components on the development roadmap. These include the Partnership Series and the Feedback Snapshot, though the beta has been touched upon as well.