Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming to Steam, with VR help later this yr

If you don’t fancy going for the 10-disc physical version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, it turns on the market’ll be multiple storefront to obtain the chonky game digitally. The game might be making a cheeky touchdown on Steam when it releases subsequent month, so now you’ll have the ability to select whether or not to seize it on there, or go along with the model that’s coming the Microsoft retailer.

The web page is already up for the flight sim on Steam, and also you’ll have the ability to select between the game’s customary and deluxe editions – the latter of which includes extra planes and airports for you to explore.

Microsoft have also revealed just a few extra particulars in regards to the game’s TrackIR and VR help. So, help for TrackIR, Microsoft’s optical movement monitoring controller, might be accessible at launch, whereas VR is on its manner a little bit afterward this yr. It seems like they’re timing the discharge of VR help to match the discharge of the HP Reverb G2, which is a brand new headset being made by Microsoft, Valve and HP.

Microsoft Flight Simulator releases on August 18th on Steam and the Microsoft Store, in fact, with costs beginning at £60/€70/$60. The customary version of the game may even be accessible on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

The game is in closed beta right now, so there’ll be a number of beautiful footage of fluffy clouds floating about quickly, I’m positive. Our personal VidBud Matthew is cooking one thing up as we converse.

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