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Canada the focus of Microsoft Flight Simulator’s new update

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Microsoft Flight Simulator‘s newest update focuses on Canada, Microsoft and Asobo Studio have recently confirmed.

“Canada is filled with a plethora of sights to explore from the air: magnificent urban architecture, wave-battered northern coastlines, and vast sweeps of tundra, glaciers and towering peaks,” the duo said of the content update. “Microsoft Flight Simulator’s World Update XI invites simmers to explore this massive, diverse country, presented in the highest resolution and fidelity yet!”

Here’s what’s included:

  • 5 handcrafted five airports including:
    • British Columbia’s Castlegar / West Kootenay Regional Airport (CYCG)
    • Victoria International Airport
    • Vancouver Island
  • 9 exciting missions:
    • Three bush trips (Vancouver Island, Newfoundland, and the Canadian Rockies)
    • Three landing challenges (Castlegar, Barkerville, and Calgary)
    • Three discovery flights (Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto).

The update is available, free, for players.

Microsoft Flight Simulator received Stevivor’s Best PC award back in 2020 and launched on Xbox Cloud Streaming today. You can read our Xbox console review here or our original PC review here.


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