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Microsoft Flight Sim will let it snow in next week’s free updateDreaming of a Flight Christmas
Dreaming of a Flight Christmas
Microsoft Flight Simulatorfeatures some absolutely stunning weather. But as far as the ground’s concerned it’s always the height of summer, with even the northernmost parts of Scandinavia left remarkably snow-free. That changes with next Tuesday’s free update, which adds a sprinkling of snow, ice, and virtual reality goggles to the planet-sized flight ‘em up.
The wintry new environments briefly feature in Microsoft’s 2020 holiday commercial, which sees a pair of pooches take to the skies in between causing a ruckus in Minecraft and blowing up John Halo. Sure, alright.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Arriving next Tuesday, December 22nd,Microsoft FlightSim’s long-anticipated VR update is bringing more than just the ability to slap a pair of plastic goggles over your face for a more immersive flight. To celebrate the season, Asobo’s digital Earth will receive “real-time snow and true-to-life ice coverage” - which I have to imagine means you’ll be seeing snowfall where it happens, as it happens, rather than just a blanket white overlay across the entire planet.
While that means I can hope for a sprinkling of icing at best in fake-Scotland, you should soon see overwhelming snowfall over your mountain-caps and northern-most (or southern-most!) cities. That includes Pittsburgh, which gets a brief showcase in the above vid, and next week’s update will even let you swoop overhead in those two new pup-themed plane liveries. No dog pilots, though. That’d be silly.
The post closes up with confirmation that we’ll see 4 or 5 more World Updates next year, as well as “a few other surprises”. Are we talking about dog pilots, Microsoft? Because I think we should be talking about dog pilots.
