Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 platforms, new features & trailer
If you're excited about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, here's a rundown of the trailer, new features, and more in the next game in the long-running series.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is the follow-up to the returning Microsoft Flight Simulator we saw in 2020. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 brings plenty of new modes and new aircraft, expanding greatly on the game before it.
As the name suggests, players shouldn't have to wait too long to get their hands on this new edition of the classic flight sim, as it is due out in (you guessed it) 2024.
In the meantime, here is everything we currently know about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 so far.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 trailer
The first official word of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 came from the Announce Trailer shown during the Xbox Showcase in early June 2023. This trailer not only revealed the existence of the game but also the many new modes and features that it will bring to the table.
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New features in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
As mentioned, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 brings with it plenty of new ways to play. These new modes include:
- Aerial firefighting
- Search and rescue
- Helicopter cargo transport
- Air ambulance
- Agricultural aviation
- Mountain rescue
- Skydive aviation
- Aerial construction
- Industrial cargo transport
- VIP charter services
- Air racing
- Piloting gliders
- Scientific research missions
- Experimental aircraft
These are just some of the new features coming with the new version of the game. There is likely to be much more to see and do when the game launches next year - and we'll update you here as we learn more.
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What platforms will Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 be on?
Players can expect to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Gamepass app and Steam. Being such a graphically advanced game, it will not be available on Xbox One consoles.
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Dave McAdam
Dave is a Senior Guides Writer at GGRecon, after several years of freelancing across the industry. He covers a wide range of games, with particular focus on shooters like Destiny 2, RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, and fighting games like Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.
