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For the past half a decade, Asobo Studio has been updating and improving Microsoft Flight Simulator (now MSFS 2024) with bespoke recreations of many of the earth’s most populous cities and countries. Though there is still plenty of this planet to cover, Flight Simulator 2024 is now flying to the fictional world of Jurassic Park, with the upcoming ‘Archipelago’ expansion adding the likes of Isla Nublar, Isla Sorna and other iconic islands to explore.
Unlike many of Microsoft Flight Simulator’s updates, the Jurassic World: Archipelago expansion has been teased with no current release date aside from a vague “coming soon.”
In addition, this expansion is being handled by Orbx “in collaboration with Universal Products & Experiences” as opposed to the game’s main developers Asobo Studio. That said, the company has had plenty of experience working on various landscapes and assets for MSFS, and so the partnership makes sense.
So far, very little has been shared regarding this expansion, with the team simply teasing that “Something’s waiting off the coast of Costa Rica.” – seemingly suggesting that the new regions will be added to the current world map as opposed to being its own separate location.
That said, when it does eventually arrive, the expansion has been confirmed to include many regions from across the Jurassic Park / World franchise, including:
- Isla Nublar
- Isla Matanceros
- Isla Peña
- Herradura Bay Marina
- Isla Sorna
- Isla Muerta
- Isla Tacaño
- Juan Santamaría Intl. Airport (MROC)
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a rather unique series and one which not many developers have the resources to fully realise. As such, it will be interesting to see how fans react to this latest announcement, and whether this represents the first of many future crossovers. We will have to wait and see.
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