Aviation History

AIRWARE MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR

Xbox Game Studios, 2020, $59.99.

Fans of the grandfather of all consumer-grade flight simulations last saw action from this storied franchise in 2006 when debuted. Assumptions that the series since went defunct could understandably be excused. Now back with a title that is both a renaming and () takes off with a new engine built for the future.

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