Sticky Trigger Entertainment writes: "Spanning 25 years, Microsoft Flight Simulator has become one of the longest running game franchises with over 13 versions created. In 2009, this all seemed to come to the end when Flight Simulator's development team (ACES Game Studio) closed down due to job cuts. It appeared that Flight Simulator X would be the last instalment in the series. However, in 2011 it was announced that Microsoft had a new version in development by production team Microsoft Studios
Being a player of MS Flight since 1995, I have enjoyed the realism that has grown over the past decade, from flying small GA (General Aviation) aircraft to the larger Boeing 747's it had always prided itself on realism.... but that has seemed to changes"
Duuro says: "Microsoft Flight: A perfect landing or a grounded take off?"
To understand exactly what went wrong with Flight, one needs to understand the series’ development history. Many aspects of the Flight Simulator engine were gradually improved, seeing advances with every release, being built upon the previous game little by little. Indeed, the last public release of the traditional Flight Simulator engine was a long descendant from the original Microsoft Flight Simulator release in 1982.
MS really screwed up with PC gaming in general. Its fortunate that we don't need them as the platform is open to all.
Microsoft Studios has released a new update for free-to-play simulator Microsoft Flight; game owners can download the update on Steam now. This update fixes a crash and addresses a Windows 8 compatibility issue.
