Microsoft Bringing Back Flight Simulator in 2020

Microsoft is bringing back its popular Flight Simulator game. It’s just announced a new instalment to the Flight Simulator series, and the new iteration looks absolutely stunning.

Microsoft hasn’t shared many details about the game, but it will be available for the PC when it launches in 2020. The game will be available in 4K, and it is powered by Microsoft Azure AI.

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“Coming 2020, Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises. From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and stunning aircraft in an incredibly realistic world. Create your flight plan and fly anywhere on the planet. Enjoy flying day or night and face realistic, challenging weather conditions,” Microsoft said.

The visuals in the trailer look absolutely amazing, and 2020 couldn’t come soon enough. Take a look.

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  • martinusv2

    Premium Member
    09 June, 2019 - 5:22 pm

    <p>Holy, I guess many will updates their kits for this game. I'm impressed.</p>

  • miketheheadski

    09 June, 2019 - 5:43 pm

    <p>I loved Microsoft Flight Simulator. I was super bummed when they discontinued it. I can't wait to play it, the graphics look amazing!!!</p>

  • Pierre Masse

    09 June, 2019 - 7:51 pm

    <p>This is AWESOME!!! But if they kill it again, nobody will convince me to get out of that closet.</p>

  • dcdevito

    09 June, 2019 - 10:18 pm

    <p>Will it be available in Excel?</p>

  • Ed

    Premium Member
    10 June, 2019 - 1:28 am

    <p>I was discussing with some friends recently about the "old days" with games like Flight Sim, etc.. Glad to hear about a comeback.</p>

  • christian.hvid

    10 June, 2019 - 6:22 am

    <p>The original Flight Simulator from the early 80's was absolutely stunning for its time. I don't know what sorcery Microsoft used to make a 3D simulation game run on a 4.77 MHz 8088, but they did it. It was also the ultimate test to find out whether a PC clone was 100% compatible with the original IBM PC. </p>

  • red.radar

    Premium Member
    10 June, 2019 - 8:16 am

    <p>Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit! It looks amazing. Oh man I am excited. I haven't been this excited about a microsoft product since the Windows 7 launch… or Maybe Halo3… no matter. I need to start shopping for a computer or some parts.. to play this. </p><p><br></p><p>Surprising. I figured they completely abandoned the space forever. This is brings back some good memories. Xplane while decent just didn’t do it for me. </p><p><br></p><p>any mention of VR support ? </p><p><br></p>

  • Greg Green

    10 June, 2019 - 9:41 am

    <p>Will it come exclusively from the Store, and if so will mods still be possible?</p><p><br></p><p>And if it’s powered by Azure AI does that mean it’s online only?</p>

  • Winner

    10 June, 2019 - 11:19 am

    <p>Looks amazing. I'll bet it takes quite the graphics card to look like that.</p>

  • dallasnorth40

    Premium Member
    10 June, 2019 - 12:06 pm

    <p>If your PC ran Flight Simulator back in the day, then you knew it was completely compatible. </p>

  • miketheheadski

    10 June, 2019 - 2:28 pm

    <blockquote><em><a href="#434294">In reply to navarac:</a></em></blockquote><p>Thanks for the rely. Yup, I play it on Steam but a refresh is needed to push it into better performance with newer hardware. </p>

  • siv

    11 June, 2019 - 5:23 pm

    <p>So if we get this, when do we get combat flight simulator?</p>

    • red.radar

      Premium Member
      14 June, 2019 - 12:48 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#434740">In reply to Siv:</a></em></blockquote><p>That could be a really compelling product. Multiplayer dogfights with maps powered by this new AI engine they are advertising could be really fun. </p>

  • the_sl0th

    14 June, 2019 - 7:45 am

    <p>Hope it supports VR. That would be a tragic ommission.</p>

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