Fly over Gamescom in Microsoft Flight Simulator’s first City Update, out now

I can see Geoff from up here!

That means that you can zoom over Koelnmesse, which is where Gamescom’s happening right bloomin’ now. Nice bit of Inception-style weirdness there, Microsoft Flight Simulator devs. I’ll give it a go later and see if I can spot our roving reporter Ed. Witness the realism for yourself by watching the trailer below, like some kind of human aircraft gliding above.

Recent changes to Flight Simulator have seen theUSA zhuzhed upin World Update 10, andItaly and Maltain World Update 9 back in May. Other parts of Germany already had aglam makeover, along with Austria and Switzerland, in last September’s World Update 6. You can also flyHalo aircraftin it, for some reason. If you fancy some more random content in your photorealistic flight sim then you could always check out our guide to thebest mods for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Godzilla included.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is onSteamand theMicrosoft Storefor £60/$60/€70. It’s also part of PC Game Pass, if you’ve got that.