Flight Simulator

David Walters has announced on Twitter that his “new helicopter game from 1992,” Thunder Helix, is launching on Steam Early Access on March 21. I’ve been keeping an eye on Thunder Helix for a while now. It’s a helicopter combat game made in the style of early PC flight sims. The style emulates the fractal landscapes used in pre-polygonal flight games, and goes as far as using a 256 color completely with pixel stippling. Although, the store blurb says it can also run at 16-bit color. I didn’t play very many of those…

The top aircraft regulator in the US says it’s experimenting with a pair of virtual reality helicopter training simulators to conduct safety research. While Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of a semi-dystopian metaverse VR-enabled future may have hit a snag or two, the adoption of VR for less flashy, but almost surely more consequential training simulators continues to quietly gain altitude.A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson told Gizmodo it recently installed two simulators developed by the Swiss startup Loft Dynamics…

At the Xbox Games Showcase, Xbox Game Studios and Asobo Studios announced an expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator based on Dune. The trailer shows a realistic House Atreides ornithopter flying over the Arrakis deserts. The Dune Expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator will be released on November 3, 2023, the same day as the premiere of Dune: Part Two.The creators of Flight Simulator have collaborated with Legendary and Warner Bros. Entertainment to provide an authentic Dune experience, incorporating the iconic design…

When you hear the words ‘flight simulator’ you probably picture a complex setup involving giant screens and a painstakingly recreated cockpit that gives flight enthusiasts the chance to live out their pilot fantasies without leaving the ground. Alex Shakespeare’s “Alternative flight simulator” provides an entirely different experience: being a passenger on a cramped commercial flight without the payoff of visiting an exotic locale upon landing.If the name Alex Shakespeare sounds oddly familiar (aside from possibly being a…

Microsoft yesterday held its Xbox Gamescom 2021 event in order to make announcements as to what Xbox gamers can expect in the coming weeks or months. The company, during last night’s event, revealed that Microsoft’s cloud gaming service, xCloud is coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles. The company, throughout the 90-minute live event, showcased many upcoming games and accessories, along with reiterating focus on the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Microsoft showed us the first drive gameplay trailer for…