E3 06: Flight Simulator X takes off

LOS ANGELES--Flight Simulator X is being readied by ACES Studio for release toward the end of the year. The series has been running for nearly 25 years now, and Flight Simulator X will be the 10th installment in the series.

The latest game will offer dozens of new aircraft, including the AirCreation 582SL Ultralight and the Maule M7-260C Orion with wheels and skis. The game will be online-enabled, so you can fly with other gamers around the world. The world is also set to be far more detailed, with moving cars, meticulous buildings, indigenous houses, farmland, and wildlife in natural habitats. The planes themselves will also be more realistic than before, boasting shaded rivets, reflective paint, and glint from glass and chrome.

Flight Simulator X will also feature more than 50 missions, including the Red Bull Air Race and a mission that has you bringing relief materiel to the Congo. ACES Studio has programmed more than 24,000 airports into the game that feature AI-controlled jetways, fuel trucks, and moving baggage carts.

There's no news on whether the game will be at E3 this year, but since the show opens tomorrow we won't have to wait long to find out.