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- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
May 21st, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Public testing of the ongoing Sim Update 5.1 Beta continues. This test build is specifically targeted to address player concerns about stability, low memory warnings, and avionics issues, particularly on co…
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May 14th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap In response to the stability and avionics issues on Xbox and PS5 introduced in Sim Update 5, we’ve prepared a new update (1.7.28.0) for all platforms. We are actively investigating the core memory and avion…
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May 7th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap We started the week with the release of World Update 21: Australia! Claim this FREE update from the in-sim Marketplace to enjoy dozens of new bespoke landmarks, airports, and updated TIN cities throughout t…
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World Update 21: Australia
Available today, World Update 21: Australia sets a new standard in realism for pilots in the Microsoft Flight Simulator world! Australia is home to some of the world’s most spectacular sights and destinations, including…
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April 30th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Sim Update 5 is now available on all platforms! This is the largest update to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 yet and includes many exciting new features and thousands of bug fixes and improvements. For an…
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Sim Update 5 Release Notes [1.7.27.0] - Available Now
RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 5 - Release - 1.7.27.0 If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. If you suffer from stability is…
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April 23rd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Following last week’s Developer Livestream, Sim Update 5 is nearing the finish line as the team completes final polish. One additional pre-release test build is planned for participants in the optional publ…
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April 16th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Yesterday we hosted a Developer Livestream on our official Twitch channel. We know it’s been a few months longer than you (and us!) would like since the last Developer Livestream, so we were really thrilled…
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April 9th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Our next Developer Livestream now has a scheduled date! Join the regular panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial plus special guests on Wednesday, April 15 at 10:30am Pacific time (1730 UTC) for a discussion about…
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April 2nd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap The entire Microsoft Flight Simulator Team wishes godspeed to the crew of Artemis II on their historic space flight to the moon! We know many of you watched the launch yesterday, and if you’re interested in…
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Spring Sale: 1000+ Items On SAle Now in the Marketplace
Enjoy discounted pricing during our Microsoft Flight Simulator Spring Sale! For 13 Days starting on April 2nd, save up to 80% on more than 1000 items. To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simul…
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March 26th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Many members of the MSFS team were in Lelystad, Netherlands last week for the annual FSWeekend event! We welcomed thousands of event attendees to have hands-on time with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on P…
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March 12th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Public testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing with a new test build released earlier this week. You can see the full release notes for beta build 1.7.10.0 on our forums here. As always, if you are partici…
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March 5th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap We had two releases this week! The first is Sim Update 16.1 for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). This is a relatively small update that resolves a few stability/crash issues. You can read the full release…
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February 26th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Public testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing. Last week we released a new beta build, 1.7.7.0, to volunteer testers from the community. You can read the release notes for this test build here. If you are…
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February 19th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap The Sim Update 5 public beta test for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 began last week! In case you missed it, you can read the release notes for the first test build here. Thank you to everyone who is parti…
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