...apparently to cash in on microtran$actions:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/
The still images look great, but the video capture makes it look worse than 1982's FS1.
From PC World article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247326/why_freemium_is_right_for_microsoft_flight.html
"Yesterday Microsoft dropped an F-bomb (the 'F' in this instance stands for 'flight') when it announced its upcoming casual-friendly flight simulation game, Microsoft Flight,would be downloadavle this spring gratis (for those who haven't seen Deadwood, that means free). The only catch: If you want more than just an aircraft or two and the island of Hawaii to wing around, you'll have to pay up. The F-word we use to describe that is "freemium."
LOL, open source rules!
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...This was announced yesterday, you can sign up for Beta access (limited to a finite amount) if you want to mess with it before their summer release.