{"id":33121,"date":"2012-02-29T13:41:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T11:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=33121"},"modified":"2012-02-29T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T12:21:12","slug":"microsoft-flight-free-to-play-has-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/33121-microsoft-flight-free-to-play-has-launched","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight free-to-play has launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

Micrsoft’s free-to-play\u00a0 flight simulator today (29 February 2012) becomes available as a download. Intended as a separate product to the long standing Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise, Microsoft Flight is a single and multiplayer flight simulator developed by Microsoft Studios.<\/p>\n

While the game is free, players will be charged for extra content, including additional aircraft and scenery.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Flight system requirements:<\/p>\n

Minimum<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0CPU: Dual Core 2.0 GHz
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0GPU: 256 MB card capable of shader 3.0 (DX 9.0c compliant)
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0HD: 10 GB Hard Drive space
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0OS: WinXP SP3
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0RAM: 2 GB
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Recommended (high settings)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0CPU: Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20 GHz, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3 GHz or better
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5870, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or better
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0HD: 10 GB Hard Drive space
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0OS: Windows 7 64-bit
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0RAM: 6 GB<\/p>\n

You will need a Games For Windows Live account to download Microsoft Flight, which is pretty much the only thing we don\u2019t like about it so far. The download weighs in at a totally reasonable 1.4 GBs, and you can grab it here. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n