The world of good flight simulation videogames is pretty limited, as the bar is quite high for those who want to join the club. X-Plane 12 is a newcomer to the stage of full-fledged flight sims, but ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator may be one of the year's top-rated games, and a lot of people are thinking of getting into virtual piloting as a result. One of the first things many greenhorns will want to ...

Shortly before the Christmas holiday, the developers behind Microsoft Flight Simulator released a new free update for the cutting-edge platform. It introduced virtual reality for those with high-end ...

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Ever since discovering the Microsoft Flight Simulator on floppy disk, way back in the early 1980s, I was hooked. The gray and white screens before me—accompanied by a “tick tick tick tick” sound of a ...

In the northern hemisphere, winter is currently in full swing, and what better way to welcome these chilly months than by adding a touch of winter to one of 2020's most popular games? The team behind ...

It’s 8 a.m. on a clear, sunny day in Oakland, California. No, it’s a rainy afternoon in Hong Kong. Or is it evening in Paris? Microsoft Flight Simulator doesn’t care. At a time when gorgeous “open ...

Avgeek desktop gamers and wannabe airline captains can finally get the high-altitude fix they’ve been craving. Following a prolonged period of hibernation, the rebooted Microsoft Flight Simulator, ...

Microsoft’s latest version of Flight Simulator is so realistic that it suggests a new way of understanding the digital world. By Farhad Manjoo Opinion Columnist To hear more audio stories from ...

There are two things I do not want to see when peering out the window of an airplane—a gremlin on the wing, or dark and gray clouds as the pilot brazenly navigates into the eye of a hurricane. It's ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most photorealistic games ever made, and sometimes it can even look better than real life. Microsoft Flight Simulator (left) vs real-life footage (right).