Microsoft Flight Simulator’s 40th anniversary update is out today, bringing helicopters, gliders and other new aircraft to the game.
The free update, which is included withXboxGame Pass, adds several historical aircraft, including the Wright Flyer, the Spirit of Saint Lewis and the Hughes H-4 Hercules ‘Spruce Goose’.
It also includes a number of classic airports and planes that were featured in previous games, including 2006’sMicrosoftFlight SimulatorX and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. Missions from classic games will also be added as part of the update.
VGC recently had the chance to check out the update as part of an event celebrating 40 years of virtual flight, and speak to the leadership team of Microsoft Flight Simulator studioAsoboin interviews that will be published next week.
Asobo claimed that the audience for Microsoft Flight Simulator doubled when it arrived on Xbox Game Pass, and then further doubled when the game was added toXbox Cloud Gaming.
The full list of planes included in the 40th anniversary update is as follows:
Gliders
True-to-life Airliner
When the game was first released forPCin 2020, it attracted over one million players in its first two of weeks, making itthe biggest launch in the series’ history, according to Microsoft.
A Flight SimulatorTop Gun expansionlaunched in May to tie in with the release of Top Gun: Maverick.
