The next Microsoft Flight Simulator will focus on ‘career aviation’

Microsoft has revealed the next game in the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will be released next year on Xbox Series X/S and PC, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass.

The first trailer for the game was also shown, highlighting a greater emphasis on different aviation-based jobs.

The jobs shown in the trailer included:

• Aerial firefighting
• Search and rescue
• Helicopter cargo transport
• Air ambulance
• Agricultural aviation
• Mountain rescue
• Skydive aviation
• Aerial construction
• Industrial cargo transport
• Remote cargo ops
• VIP charter service
• Air racing
• Glider pilot
• Scientific research
• Experimental Flight
• Low altitude training
• Executive transport service
• Airship tour
• Hot air balloon trips

“Pursue your dream of an aviation career with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024,” Microsoft‘s blurb for the game reads.

“This brand-new simulator is designed to take advantage of the latest technologies in simulation, cloud, machine learning, graphics and gaming to create the most sophisticated, immersive and awe-inspiring flight simulator of all time.

“To achieve this unprecedented level of accuracy, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is powered by the significantly evolved Asobo Studio engine. ”

When the current Microsoft Flight Simulator was first released for PC in 2020, it attracted over one million players in its first two of weeks, making it the biggest launch in the series’ history according to Microsoft.

A Flight Simulator Top Gun expansion launched last year to tie in with the release of Top Gun: Maverick, and a Dune expansion is coming in November to coincide with the release of Dune: Part Two in cinemas.