with “Flight simulator”, the video game studio Asobo takes a step forward

The new version of the aircraft piloting simulator will be released this Tuesday, August 18. The last was from 14 years ago. For “Flight Simulator 2020”, Microsoft has entrusted the reins to Asobo. The stakes are high for this independent Bordeaux studio: a whole community of players is impatiently awaiting the new version of the video game.

Asobo reaches a new milestone with Flight Simulator 2020

At 18, it’s a bit like coming of age for Asobo. If the flight simulator is successful, the Bordeaux studio could establish itself as a benchmark in the industry. Microsoft gives him a free hand because the studio has already proven itself: in 2007, he developed “Ratatouille” for Walt Disney, a success. Three years later, “Toy Story 3” for PlayStation is a success. Like the game “Kinect Héro” with Microsoft in 2012. The American giant then entrusted it with major projects including its mixed virtual reality headset. Even the world of video games is not mistaken: it awarded him 6 “Pegasus”, a sort of “Césars” last March for his game “A Plague Tale”. Today with the launch of the simulator, the stakes are high: if success is there, the company of 170 employees could access games, budgets or even larger teams. Microsoft, to gain points in its “war of consoles” against another giant of the video game, the Japanese Sony.

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