A new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator has taken off in celebration of Gamescom
Xbox have announced that the first City Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator has taken off and is now available for all players and fittingly, the update is for Germany and delivers Hanover, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Bonn, and Cologne - the home of Gamescom
In addition some new details for the upcoming 40th Anniversary Edition, first up is confirmation that it will still arrive on November 11th, and be free for all owners of the game, even if you have it through Game Pass. The contents of it is not fully revealed yet, but the update in a general sense will contain helicopters and gliders, the most requested enhancements by our community
In addition to the helicopters and gliders, we will introduce another highly-requested community feature: a true-to-life airliner, the sophisticated Airbus A-310 where nearly every single button works just as expected.
As part of the celebration, seven of the world most iconic aircraft are being brought into the game and they are the 1903 Wright Flyer, the 1915 Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, the 1927 Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, the 1935 Douglas DC-3, the beautiful 1937 Grumman G-21 Goose, the 1947 Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, and the famous 1947 Hughes H-4 Hercules (the largest seaplane and largest wooden plane ever made), also known as the Spruce Goose.
