Microsoft Space Simulator was launched in 1994 as a spin-off of sorts for the company's Flight Simulator series. While it got mostly positive reviews, its sales were not high enough for a sequel.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator has released its latest World Update, adding lots of new details to the Nordic countries and Greenland in the flight sim's world, along with new content.
Microsoft Flight Simulator has added a classic plane, the MU-2 turboprop, to its lineup of aircraft. The plane can be purchased now for $14.99. Another new plane and a world update are coming soon.
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.
The latest issue of Microsoft Weekly is here, delivering you fresh news about app updates, an upcoming Surface hardware event, fresh Windows 11 builds, blasts from Microsoft's past, and more.
Today is the third anniversary of the reboot of Microsoft Flight Simulator. The development team is celebrating the milestone by revealing some stats on the game, including its most popular aircraft.
The Xbox Gamescom 2023 booth will have lots of playable games, including Towerborne, Mortal Kombat 1, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, PayDay 3, and more for visitors in late August.
Tonight on Microsoft Weekly: Microsoft reports its finances and gets slapped with an antitrust investigation from the EU; Windows 11 receives new builds and features; and Edge has a new mascot.
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.
During a presentation at the FlightSimExpo 2023 in Houston this weekend, team members offered more info on the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, which will have a ton of improvements.
The free update adds more details to Amiens, Angers, Nantes, Nîmes, and Reims in France, along with being able to view Paris-Le Bourget Airport in both standard and festival versions.
Your weekly Microsoft Weekly recap is here, bringing you the most interesting stories about new Windows 11 features, gaming announcements, controversies, bugs, and other developments from Microsoft.
The new version of Microsoft's flight sim franchise will not only let players fly all sorts of planes, but also let them take part in various aviation jobs like firefighting, air ambulance, 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.
Microsoft has announced a new addition to the famous flyers fleet in its Flight Simulator. The world's largest aircraft, Antonov An-225 "Mriya", is now available in the game's marketplace on PC.
The Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XII: New Zealand also adds tons of graphics details from the country, along with new airports and new missions, to the popular flight sim game.
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.
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.
The Beechcraft Bonanza V35 is now available for purchase on Microsoft Flight Simulator. The plane will cost you $14.99, and it comes with ten skins, so you can customize it to your liking.
Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Flight Simulator franchise by introducing a free upgrade that brings in helicopters, gliders, classic airports, and more to the popular simulator.
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 Flight Simulator can now be streamed via Xbox Cloud Gaming and will be available on Xbox One and other supported devices. Accessing it via Xbox Cloud Gaming brings a number of benefits too.
World Update VII: Australia, with graphical improvements, is available for free for Microsoft Flight Simulator players. Enjoy the new experience by updating your game to explore the Down Under.
PMDG has recreated the PMDG DC-6 for Microsoft Flight Simulator. To make it more realistic, its characteristics have been matched to one of the few remaining DC-6s that can still fly.
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.
Microsoft has announced the launch of the Reno Air Race expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Full Collection includes 40 new aircraft plus an online multiplayer mode to have races.
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.
Today, Asobo Studio released World Update VI for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The update adds new elevation maps, aerial imagery, and much more to Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
Paramount Pictures recently delayed Top Gun: Maverick to May 2022, and developer Asobo Studio has also pushed the expansion back because both were supposed to release at the same time.
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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.
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.
