June 12th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner for the second week running is Forum user Douviant96! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.

Today we’re pleased to premiere the latest entry in our Partnership Series of videos! This time, we’re thrilled to highlight Heart Aerospace and their hybrid-electric ES-30 airplane. Capable of flying with zero CO2 emissions on routes up to 200 km and with significantly reduced emissions compared to conventional aircraft on routes up to 800 km, the ES-30 is poised to help usher in a new era of environmentally-sustainable aviation. The Heart ES-30 is included as a flyable aircraft in the Standard Edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and it was recently updated with Sim Update 2! You can learn more about this revolutionary hybrid-electric plane by watching our Partnership Series video below.

We’re also excited to announce a new product created in partnership with Next Level Racing, the Flight Simulator Cockpit – Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition! Fully compatible with most popular flight control peripherals from vendors including Honeycomb, Logitech, Moza, Thrustmaster, and more (peripherals sold separately), the Flight Simulator Cockpit – Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition was designed to provide the ultimate in comfort and immersion to serious simmers. Whether you enjoy flying long haul airliners, general aviation aircraft, helicopters, military jets, or anything else, consider adding the Next Level Racing Flight Simulator Cockpit – Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition to your sim setup! You can read more details here.

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Feedback Snapshot

SDK Update

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No update this week.

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)

There are 52 NEW and 82 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

New Releases This Week
52 NEW Products: 26 ON PC, 26 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox		New on PC and Xbox

Updated This week:
82 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 43 ON PC, 39 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2024)

There are 92 NEW and 36 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Updated This week:
36 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 18 ON PC, 18 ON XBOX
Developer: Nemeth Designs Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: Nemeth Designs Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: Nemeth Designs Updated on PC and Xbox
Developer: iniBuilds Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: 2PILOT Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: 2PILOT Updated on PC and Xbox
Developer: 2PILOT Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: 2PILOT Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: 2PILOT Updated on PC and Xbox
Developer: 2PILOT Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: SamScene3D Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: Aerosoft Updated on PC and Xbox
Developer: iniBuilds Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: iniBuilds Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: iniScene Updated on PC and Xbox
Developer: BEAUTIFUL MODEL of the WORLD Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: DXR Simulations Updated on PC and Xbox	Developer: RPSIMULATIONS & LATAVOADORA Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Backlog: 456 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	58	0	5	63
Mission	0	0	54	54
Scenery	15	0	1	16
Livery	2	0	6	8
Airport	36	0	16	52
Other	65	0	14	79
Total	176	0	96	272

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	22	0	28	50
Mission	4	0	34	38
Scenery	9	0	6	15
Livery	23	0	2	25
Airport	23	0	23	46
Other	5	0	5	10
Total	86	0	98	184

Third Party Update

No Update this week.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

This week, we’re flying between the two largest cities of Taiwan! We’ll start in the southern end of the island at Kaohsiung, a major industrial and shipping city. From there, we will make our way up the western coast to the largest city, Taipei.

In addition to being a global leader in computer chip manufacturing (the device on which you are currently reading this post almost certainly includes components that were made in Taiwan), another major cultural export of this small island in Southeast Asia is a drink beloved all over the world: bubble tea!

Click here for event details!

Rise of a Pilot – Career Mode Livestream

As of April 8, 2025, the Rise of a Pilot series is on temporary hiatus. Stay tuned for more information from the Community Team about upcoming changes to our livestream schedule!

Community Video

Another new 3rd party aircraft is almost ready for release in both Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, with the Black Square Starship shortly lining up for departure!

For our Community Video choice this week we’re checking out BritishAVGeek, who showcases an early look at this incredibly unique general aviation aircraft with a short flight from Kos to Mykonos in Greece.

Screenshot challenge

This week’s screenshot challenge: Coastal Cruising

This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was: Cloud Surfing

Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: Douviant96 (Forum)

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NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – June 19th, 2025

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team