For over twenty years, Microsoft’s Flight Simulator series of flight sims dominated the civilian aviation simulator market for personal computers. Hell, it helped start the genre way back when after buying the license from SubLOGIC, who sold the original Flight Simulator in 1980.

Well, a few years ago, Microsoft unabashedly decided to kill the franchise after the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Many of us flight sim fans mourned the loss of the premiere franchise in the genre, but kept it alive with add-ons (and we had alternatives to turn to, like the X-Plane games).

Well, it appears as if Microsoft has had a change of heart, because today they launched a teaser page for Microsoft Flight. There isn’t much on the site at the moment except a short news blurb, part of which is as follows:

“Today, we’re bringing powerful, inventive gaming experiences to the Windows-based PC. Over the years, our PC heritage captured the hearts and minds of millions of players. Reinventing these iconic franchises with social, shared experiences marks the beginning of our return to PC gaming in bold, new ways.”

Personally, I’m thrilled that Microsoft is returning to their roots of PC gaming, because for a while their focus more on console gaming with the Xbox had me worried. Bringing a much-beloved franchise like Flight Simulator back to life is a fantastic decision, and I can’t wait to see the end result.