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October 23rd, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user HeKa48! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. Public testing for both the ongoing Sim Update 4 and PlayStation 5 betas remains in progress! This week, the team released a new test build for both betas. In case you missed it, you can read the release notes for these test builds at the links below. ...

October 9th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user ARROW2929! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. Yesterday, we hosted our October Developer Livestream. The panel of Jorg, Seb, Martial (plus a few special guests) answered many questions from the community while also discussing future updates coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. If you missed watching...

September 25th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user HeKa48! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. The annual Tokyo Game Show is currently in full swing, and Microsoft Flight Simulator is there with several announcements! ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator Releases World Update 20: Japan

This massive, exciting update brings Japan to life like never before in Microsoft Flight Simulator! Japan is a nation of beauty and intrigue, filled with breathtaking vistas of towering mountains, iconic architecture, and renowned cities. The country beholds some of the world’s most alluring and famous sights, including Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, Osaka Castle, a revered historical monument, and soaring skylines throughout Tokyo, Kyoto, Sapporo, and other metropolises. World Update...

September 18th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user z32ands30! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. Development of Sim Update 4 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 continues. Earlier today, we released a new pre-release build (1.6.7.0) to those players participating in the ongoing public beta test. You can read the release notes at the link below. If you would like to join the beta, you can...

September 11th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user woooshboom! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.

The Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 4 pre-release public beta test began earlier this week! So far, two test builds have been released to volunteer testers from the community. You can read the release notes for each of these builds on our forums here: ...