Filed under: Biz, Simulation
Microsoft’s layoffs this week affected their PC gaming development business heavily with the company now confirming that their internal ACES Studio, home of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, had been shut down. However, IGN reports that Microsoft may not be closing the doors on the Flight Sim series.
According to a Microsoft spokesperson, “We are committed to the Flight Simulator franchise which has proven to be a successful PC based game for the last 27 years. You should expect us to continue to invest in enabling great LIVE experiences on Windows, including flying games, but we have nothing specific to announce at this time.” Microsoft has said much the same thing about the Age of Empires franchise, saying they plan to release new games in the RTS series despite the closure of its dev team at Ensemble Studios.
Microsoft Flight Simulator series to continue? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.