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Tuesday13th Feb 2024
News Xbox Unveils Free 'Dune Expansion' For Microsoft Flight Simulator
Start playing today!
The incredible Microsoft Flight Simulator is being taken to new heights once again today with the arrival of a free Dune Expansion across Xbox and PC! This also marks the first time the game has left Planet Earth since its 2020 debut. In this Dune Expansion, you'll take to the cockpit of the Royal Atreides Ornithopter across...
Thursday9th Nov 2023
News Return To The Skies In Flight Simulator's Free Content Update
Nordics & Greenland available now
Ahead of the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the existing release Microsoft Flight Simulator has received a new content update 'World Update XV'. This new update focuses on the Nordics & Greenland and adds 90 "hand-made" points of interest, 10 triangulated irregular network cities, 5 hand-crafted...
Monday19th Jun 2023
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Latest Free Update Brings Enhanced Visuals To Five French Cities
Available to download today!
Microsoft Flight Simulator is the gift that keeps on giving on Xbox Game Pass, with yet another free update available today! This one focuses on the country of France, with enhanced visuals being applied to "five beautiful cities". Those cities are Amiens, Angers, Nantes, Nîmes, and Reims, and along with the...
Sunday11th Jun 2023
News Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Announced For Xbox Series X|S
Dune Expansion for the 2020 version also announced
Microsoft surprised flight sim fans during this year's Xbox Showcase with the announcement of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Here's what we know so far: "Coming 2024 - the next generation of the legendary franchise. Join the aviation adventure in a groundbreaking simulator developed for Xbox...
Wednesday7th Dec 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Soars To 10 Million Players Across Xbox & PC
New heights
The incredible Microsoft Flight Simulator is today celebrating 10 million players across Xbox consoles, Xbox Cloud Gaming and Windows PC, 27 months after it first released (for PC) back in August of 2020. In addition to that figure, it's also been confirmed that players have taken 500 million flights and have flown 40 billion miles,...
Friday11th Nov 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's New Edition Lands On Xbox Game Pass Today (November 11)
"A completely free offering via Xbox Game Pass"
Although it isn't a totally new release, so we didn't initially include it in our November 2022 Xbox Game Pass roundup, Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting a new version on Game Pass today in the form of the 40th Anniversary Edition! This isn't just a small update, either. The 40th Anniversary...
Thursday16th Jun 2022
News Halo Fans Are Loving The New Pelican Ship In Microsoft Flight Simulator
"Master Chief, you mind telling me what you’re doing in the Bronx?"
One of the weirdest announcements at the recent Xbox Games Showcase was that the Pelican Dropship from Halo was coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. In fact, the update has already arrived, and fans seem to be enjoying it so far! Notably, a brief gameplay clip has been uploaded...
Sunday12th Jun 2022
News Halo Infinite Pelican Now Available For Free In Microsoft Flight Simulator
Take to the skies
How's this for a great crossover? Announced at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, you can now access none other than the Halo Infinite Pelican in Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it's available to claim for free right now. Here's how this free offering was described by Xbox earlier today: "In an exclusive
Wednesday25th May 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Free Top Gun Expansion Is Now Available
Take to the skies
Update (Wed 25th May, 2022 19:30 BST): Today's the day! The Microsoft Flight Simulator Top Gun expansion is now available for free, promising to "push your piloting abilities to the limits and beyond!" To access it, all you need to do is load up Microsoft Flight Simulator and search for the in-game marketplace, where the Top Gun...
Tuesday17th May 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Latest World Update Enhances Italy & Malta
Another free download
Microsoft Flight Simulator fans, we've got another free world update upon us! This latest update for the game enhances Italy and Malta, featuring four handcrafted airports, over 100 points of interest, and much more! Specifically, here's a list of what today's update includes: Four handcrafted airports: Palermo Airport...
Friday13th May 2022
News Xbox Creates Top Gun Console Celebrating Microsoft Flight Sim DLC
Maverick
Microsoft Flight Simulator's Top Gun: Maverick DLC is coming later this month, after a delay to match up with the movie's release. To celebrate both the movie and the DLC pack, Xbox has created another custom Series S bundle. While this is another custom console you can't go out and buy, there are at least multiple prize packs up for grabs...
Friday6th May 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Has Become An Incredibly Popular Xbox Cloud Title
Top of the month
Microsoft Flight Simulator soared its way onto Xbox consoles last summer, becoming the biggest next-gen exclusive from Xbox Game Studios in the meantime. However, it looks like players without a next-gen console have been putting in the hours to become a better pilot as well. Microsoft Flight Simulator made its way to Xbox Cloud...
Thursday24th Mar 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Update Enhances Spain, Portugal And More
Taking to the skies
Microsoft Flight Simulator uses real satellite data to project what is basically the entire globe. However, certain areas, locations and landmarks are hand crafted by the developer to further flesh out the game's environments. These locations are still being updated after launch, and the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator World...
Tuesday1st Feb 2022
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Latest Free Update Is All About Australia
Flying down under
Microsoft Flight Simulator continues to grow, somehow, and it's now going down under. Australia is the latest region to be enhanced in the sprawling sim, as part of the game's 1.22.2.0 update. That's a mouthful. The addition of Australia brings over 50 of the country's airports, while the developer has also improved data on 100...
Thursday18th Nov 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's 'Game Of The Year' Update Is Now Live With Xbox Game Pass
Featuring a whole bunch of new content
Update: The time has arrived, Microsoft Flight Simulator fans! The Game of the Year update is now available for Asobo Studio's highly-rated simulator, adding an absolute ton of new content for free with Xbox Game Pass. You can find the full patch notes at the official MFS website, along with the key details...
Tuesday2nd Nov 2021
News Turtle Beach's VelocityOne Xbox Flight Controller Goes On Sale This Wednesday
Pre-orders are ready to take off
You might remember that Turtle Beach announced a new flight control system for Xbox and PC earlier this year called the VelocityOne, and the device is officially being made available for pre-order via Turtle Beach from this Wednesday. As detailed by the Xbox team back in July, here's what you can expect from it:...
Monday13th Sep 2021
News Microsoft Rewards: How To Complete The Flight Simulator Punch Card (250 Points)
250 points for just a few minutes' work!
It's Microsoft Rewards time! You might have noticed late last week that another new punch card went live on the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox, and it's a fantastic way to get 250 easy points for just a few minutes' work. This time around, the game in question is Microsoft Flight Simulator, and all you need...
Tuesday7th Sep 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Free World Update Adds Three New Countries, Available Now
Come fly with me
If you're (somehow) running out of parts of the sky to fly through in Microsoft Flight Simulator, a new world update is now available to download for all players for free. World Update VI sees Austria, Germany and Switzerland given an extra level of detail for further immersion. The update "features new aerial imagery,...
Sunday5th Sep 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Top Gun Expansion Has Been Delayed
Paramount is now releasing Maverick in 2022
Apart from the recently announced online racing expansion, Microsoft Flight Simulator also has a Top Gun expansion on the way. If you were looking forward to its arrival later this year, we're sorry to say it's now been delayed. It was planned to coincide with the release of the new movie Top Gun:...
Monday30th Aug 2021
News Hurricane Ida Is Looking Suitably Scary In Microsoft Flight Simulator
The result of its real-time weather feature
Hurricane Ida unfortunately began its strike on the state of Louisiana over the weekend, leaving the likes of New Orleans without power, and Microsoft Flight Simulator has become a destination to observe its path from the skies. If you didn't know, Microsoft Flight Sim features the ability to turn on...
Tuesday24th Aug 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Is Getting A Major Online Racing Expansion
Competitive multiplayer is on the way this year
Asobo Studio has announced that Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding competitive multiplayer with a new expansion later in 2021 in the form of Reno Air Races, "allowing you to race against your friends and pilots around the world". Available this fall, the "major" first expansion for Flight Sim will...
Saturday21st Aug 2021
News Hades Soars Over Flight Sim As Metacritic's Highest-Rated Xbox Game Of 2021
It's also the highest-rated Series X|S game of all time
This year is proving to be an incredible year for Xbox owners. Just last month Microsoft Flight Simulator launched on Xbox Series X|S and instantly became the highest-rated game of the year for Xbox on Metacritic. However, that time in the top spot didn't last long, as Hades has quickly...
Saturday7th Aug 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Patch Reportedly 'Fixes' Quick Resume On Xbox Series X|S
You may now return to the cockpit
The latest hotfix arrived for Microsoft Flight Simulator across Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC yesterday, and while it isn't mentioned in the release notes, the patch appears to have fixed Quick Resume support on Xbox Series X|S. Fans have taken to social media to report that Quick Resume is now working...
Thursday5th Aug 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Is Now Metacritic's Best Xbox Game Of 2021
Will anything be able to soar above it?
We're now over halfway into 2021 (crazy, we know!) and we've already seen some incredible games release on Xbox platforms this year. As of right now, last week's release of Microsoft Flight Simulator is taking the crown on Metacritic. In case you didn't know, Metacritic takes critics' scores and puts them...
Friday30th Jul 2021
Guide Is Microsoft Flight Simulator Coming To Xbox One?
The answer is yes, kind of...
With so many cross-gen games, next-gen only titles and console exclusives, it can understandably get a little confusing as to what you can play and where. One common question people have asked is whether you can play Microsoft Flight Simulator on Xbox One, and we've got some good news and some bad news. With that being...
Random Phil Spencer Tried To Conquer Mount Everest In Microsoft Flight Simulator
"I didn't quite make it to the summit"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been busy playing a bunch of new Xbox games recently, from the critically-acclaimed Death's Door, to Raji: An Ancient Epic and The Ascent on Xbox Game Pass, and for his latest excur
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's First Hotfix For Xbox Arrives Today, Here's Everything Included
To address some turbulance
Microsoft Flight Simulator arrived on Xbox Series X and Series S earlier this week and is already proving to be a huge hit with Game Pass subscribers. However, there's always room for improvement, and a new hotfix is launching today to address some issues. The patch will be going live for PC, Xbox Series X and Series S...
Thursday29th Jul 2021
News Flight Simulator For Xbox: How To Play With Friends In Online Multiplayer
Find your friends, join a group and fly together!
Microsoft Flight Simulator is great to enjoy as a single-player experience, but when you can join up with friends and explore the world together, it's even better. Unfortunately, there's no way of sharing the cockpit right now, but you can still form an online group, and it can be a pretty stunning...
Wednesday28th Jul 2021
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Is 'Simply Terrific' On Xbox, Says Analysis
"In many respects, it is simply in a class of its own"
Digital Foundry has taken a look at the performance of Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox Series X and Series S, and it's pretty much all good news, with the outlet stating "in many respects, it is simply in a class of its own". The Xbox Series X version of the game is described as "comparabl
Random Xbox Fans Are Loving Microsoft Flight Simulator, But Can't Seem To Stick The Landing
It's a good job it's just a simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator officially launched for Xbox Series X and Series S yesterday, with thousands of players flooding the Microsoft Store to grab the new Game Pass title. The game has been met with a lot of love, but if there's one thing everyone seems to be struggling with, it's landing those pesky...
