Flight Simulator

PC

Microsoft Flight: Flight Simulator For The Masses

4:00AM January 12, 2012 | James Pikover

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator has for years been the most successful and prominent flight simulator worldwide. Microsoft Flight is a completely different take on the franchise, so much so that it isn’t part of the franchise whatsoever. More »


Retro

Meet The World’s First Flight Simulator

2:00PM April 18, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Depending on how old you are, if you’re a flight sim fan you probably cut your teeth on a series like Microsoft Flight Simulator, Falcon or Flight Unlimited. But did you know the world’s very first flight simulator was built all the way back in 1929? More »


In Real Life

Play Video Games In A Virtual Aircraft Sitting In Your Driveway

7:00PM November 22, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

You don’t need to spend tens of thousands of dollars if you want to own your own flight simulator. You can just do what this guy did and build your own! More »


News

Flight Simulator Returns!

4:30PM August 17, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Those of you still owning joysticks and jackets with elbow patches on them, today is your lucky day, because Microsoft just brought the Flight Simulator series back from the dead. More »


News

Flight Simulator Series May Live On

1:30PM January 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator series has been running since 1982. Hell of a long time. But news yesterday of the sacking of the game’s development team cast the future of the series in serious doubt.

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News

Flight Simulator Devs Grounded By Microsoft Job Cuts

11:00AM January 23, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Microsoft are slashing jobs. 5000 of them. While most of those won’t affect gaming divisions, some of them are, with sweeping cuts announced for the company’s Flight Simulator development studio.

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