Microsoft Flight: The Return of Flight Simulator?
Flight Sim is back!
Flight simulations just aren't selling anymore. Maybe that's because no one is making them, or is it that no one is buying them? Is it like the question of the chicken or egg? (Scientists now say that the chicken came first.)
Either way, Microsoft is plotting to release another flying game, but this one won't have the long title of "Microsoft Flight Simulator," instead simplify things with just "Microsoft Flight."
We don't know if it'll be a hardcore or casual affair yet, but hang on to those flight sticks and throttles!
Twenty-eight years after the debut of "Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0," Microsoft Game Studios also announced the internal development of "Microsoft Flight," a new Windows exclusive. "Microsoft Flight" will bring a new perspective to the long-standing genre, welcoming everyone, including long-time fans, to experience the magic of flight.
A teaser of the future of Flight on the Windows-based PC is available at http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight

No need to practice landings...
i would much prefer an tie fighter remake though. i prefer flying games when i can shoot at stuff....
eitherway ive never been much of a flight sim guy, one of my old buds has a pilots license and he loves the game since he doesnt get a chance to go up anymore. so im glad they are keeping the title alive, im sure there is a niche market for it, just not a huge niche.
I was talking to WW2 pilots (particularly with the combat FS) who could talk about what they got right or wrong about flight models and behaviour of ww2 aircraft, right down to ground handling with force feedback enabled.
Pretty amazing talking to a guy about his experiences flying a Spitfire in the battle of britain.
Waking... "Have we landed yet?"
Adjacent passenger. "No, the landing gear folded up whilst we were sat on the runway"
Looking around..."Nice Steward"
Adjacent passenger. "Yeah. Cute bum"
To adjacent passenger."Think he's gay"
Adjacent passenger. "Probably."
Applying lipstick..."Oh, well. We girls get left with the dross"
ZZZZzzzzzzzz
An updated CFS, running on big monitors or even multiple monitors would be great. I want a LCD behind me that I have to crane my neck to see who's on my tail! Eyefinity with 3 in front for a panoramic view!
I don't have all those monitors, but it would be a good excuse
Scientists are stupid, dinosaur eggs pre-date chickens, duh
X-Plane is still around and actively developed however. It's available for OSX, Windows, Linux, iOS and soon Android.
Hopefully the new version of MSFS (sorry, MSF) will feature a more up to date graphics engine, better physics (lookup tables is so 1987) and incorporate more "gameplay" in the form of lessons, challenges and adventures. I was never a fan of flying a jet on auto pilot for 10 hours straight, but I did enjoy bush flying and flying older planes without any navigational aid, just a map, ruler and stop watch. Since it will be Windows exclusive, it should be more of a serious flight simulator than a "game".
Anyway, I no longer own a joystick. Hopefully this will be good enough that I'll want to buy one, but I'm not holding my breath.