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Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming to Steam, with VR support later this yearThe closest you’ll come to being on a real plane this year

The closest you’ll come to being on a real plane this year

If you don’t fancy going forthe 10-disc physical versionofMicrosoft Flight Simulator, it turns out there’ll be more than one storefront to download the chonky game digitally. The game will be making a cheeky landing on Steam when it releases next month, so now you’ll be able to choose whether to grab it on there, or go with the version that’s coming the Microsoft store.

The page is already up for the flight simon Steam, and you’ll be able to choose between the game’s standard and deluxe editions - the latter of whichincludes extra planes and airports for you to explore.

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Microsoft Flight Simulatorreleases on August 18th on Steam andthe Microsoft Store, of course, with prices starting at £60/€70/$60. The standard edition of the game will also be available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

The game is in closed beta right now, so there’ll be lots of lovely footage of fluffy clouds floating about soon, I’m sure. Our own VidBud Matthew is cooking something up as we speak.