Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets Lots of Alpha Screenshots Showing Spectacular Visuals

Microsoft and Asobo released a new update about the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it comes with plenty of beautiful screenshots.

The recent addition to the alpha test of the Boeing 747 certainly charmed many, as most of the screenshots portray the beautiful and iconic fuselage of the “Queen of the Sky.”

We also get to see a few other aircraft and some lovely environmental shots.

Incidentally, new alpha invites have been sent yesterday, so if you applied, you may want to check your mail.

Speaking of the alpha, a new update will soon roll out with tweaks to to “Peripherals and Controls, Planes, UI, and Stability.”

You can enjoy the screenshots below.

If you’d like to see more, you can enjoy the trailer released at X019, alongside a gallery of screenshots, a second batch, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a video from a few months ago showing the world , one showcasing the advanced aerodynamics simulation, another about cockpits, one showing snow, one featuring advanced audio, one focusing on airports, one explaining the multiplayer, and one focusing on IFR.

You can also take a look at the original announcement from E3 2019.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is slated for a 2020 release for PC and Xbox One.

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Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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