Microsoft Flight

After ACES studio was closed in 2009, nearly three decades of Microsoft supplying players with a means of flight simulation came to an end. So when Microsoft Flight® and it's free-to-play model came to the table in February of this year, there was a faint light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a current generation flight simulator, with constant support from Microsoft.

Microsoft Flight is a brand new franchise, set to appeal to a much wider audience than previous flight simulators. It is available as a free download and can be played for free. Although more content is unlocked if you choose to sign in to GFWL (Games For Windows Live), and more content can be bought and downloaded from the GFWL Marketplace.

Microsoft has announced the official launch date for Microsoft Flight: February 29th, 2012.

It's official, the release date for Microsoft's "Flight" simulation package for PC will be February 29th, 2012.  Along with this announcement, they have also released 5 additional screenshots demonstrating some more features you can expect from Flight.

On December 13th 2011, the team at Fly Away Simulation were invited to an event demonstrating and discussing Microsoft's next flight simulator release, Microsoft Flight.  Many facts, information and topics were discussed at this event.  William Luxton, a member of our editorial team was at the event and has the following report for your reading pleasure.

In a press release we received for publication today entitled "Microsoft Flight" Takes to the Skies, Microsoft announce more details and official documentation regarding "Flight".  We have published it here for your viewing pleasure.

Last week, one of our flight simulation editors, William Luxton was invited to Redmond, Washington to the Microsoft Game Studios to visit the Microsoft Flight development team.  Lots of details regarding Microsoft Flight were discussed with many press members and simulation websites, however we are unable to disclose any information regarding the conference until early January 2012.

Microsoft have announced a beta program for their next flight simulator release, Microsoft Flight.  Anyone can now register for the beta program and provide feedback to Microsoft about the software.

The development team behind Microsoft's next flight simulation package, Microsoft Flight have released an additional 13 screenshots this month.  We have included them all in the Microsoft Flight screenshots gallery for users to see.

The November Update from the development team behind Microsoft Flight discuss a topic that many of us are very concerned about - performance.  The update includes information on what systems can run reasonably at both high and low settings and also a screenshot to demonstrate.

Microsoft have released 19 more screenshots from their next flight simulator, Microsoft Flight over the past few months.  We have added them all the the Microsoft Flight Screenshots gallery, where you can view them and comment too.

Microsoft have released new promotional media for their next flight simulator package, Microsoft Flight for PC.  The new media released includes a promotional "webisode" video called Explore and 10 new screenshots demonstrating some of the amazing features such as scenery and aircraft detail in the sim.

We have added an additional 10 screenshots from Microsoft's next generation flight simulator package: Microsoft Flight.  The images give users some idea of what to expect from the new package and also show images of aircraft, scenery and lighting and weather features.

Microsoft have updated their landing page for Microsoft Flight.  Included now are some common FAQ's that users may find an interesting read.  These FAQ's have been written by Microsoft, so they are genuine and original.  While they don't yet mention an estimated relase date, they do give us more information on what to expect and whats included in the Microsoft Flight package.

With the announcement of Microsoft's next flight simulator release, Microsoft Flight, the whole community is wondering what we can expect in terms of graphics, default aircraft and scenery environment.  Microsoft Flight's official version is FS11, know among the community as that.  There have been thousands of feature requests from avid flight simulator users, but we're still yet to see what has actually made it into this next generation of flight simulators from Microsoft.

Microsoft's next flight simulator release, Microsoft Flight, is now being featured on the Fly Away Simulation flight simulation website.  The team at Fly Away Simulation have added a whole new dimension to their flight simulator portal following an exciting announcement by Microsoft. Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing the next in their series of flight simulator packages for PC users, with the next release being called Microsoft Flight.

Announced by Microsoft on the 18th August 2010 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany is the development of the next flight simulator in Microsoft series, now called "Microsoft Flight".  They seemed to have dropped the "Simulator" ending, opening up the software to many more players and simulation enthusiasts.  By dropping the "Simulator" word, the game is targeted at anyone with a slight interested in virtual aviation, not just the flight "simulator" enthusiast.