Microsoft not out of the flight sim game after all...

[The Kraken]

FWIW there's some new footage on the site which apparently shows some in-game graphics:

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/

Nice but pretty much the same as FSX which shouldn't come as a surprise. Of course it's probably all WIP (maybe they'll still add DirectX 10 effects ) and who knows what kind of gameplay they'll come up with for their new "social gaming experience" customer group...