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Microsoft Flight Simulator Keeps Looking Gorgeous in New Screenshots; More Videos Coming

Microsoft has released a batch of new screenshots of its upcoming Flight Simulator, which will bring back the historical franchise to modern platforms. 

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft has released a batch of new screenshots of its upcoming Flight Simulator, which will bring back the historical franchise to modern platforms.

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The images were released as part of an account-protected Insider update, and feature a mix of aircraft and beautiful, beautiful scenery.

You can enjoy them below.

We also get an update to the development roadmap which promises more videos between January and February.

To be precise, we’re going to get one about sound design in mid-January, one about airports in mid-February, and one about IFR in late February.

We’re also getting more new screenshots very soon, precisely on December 19, with an additional batch coming in late January.

Here’s the full schedule, which will be further updated in early January.

of you’d like to see more, you can enjoy the trailer released at X019, alongside a gallery of screenshotsa video from a few weeks ago showing the work that has been done to reproduce the world in fine detail, one showcasing the advanced aerodynamics simulation, and another about cockpits.

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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Giuseppe Nelva

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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