Bad news,
The 5000 developers of Aces Studio have been laid off by MS ... the entire development team. The probable end of the story for Flight Simulator, the longest running computer game as far. But MS still says it is "committed" to the series ... funny. Remembers me of Goebbels propaganda doctrine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7874937.stm
Regards,
Insuber