May 8th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user JohnnyT5000! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.

Our monthly Developer Livestream for May is coming soon! We don’t have the exact date locked in yet, but follow our social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, or X) to be the first to know as soon as we announce the date and time. As always, you can watch the broadcast live on our official Twitch channel.

We received hundreds of questions from community members in advance and have tabulated the most frequently asked questions to be addressed by the panel during the broadcast. If you didn’t pre-submit a question, there will be opportunities to ask your question to the panel live during the broadcast by using Twitch’s chat feature.

If you’re unable to watch live, we will upload the VOD to our official YouTube channel shortly after the livestream ends.

– MSFS Team

Development Update

SDK Update

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title

No update this week.

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update.

There are 59 NEW and 33 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

New Releases This Week
59 NEW Products: 30 ON PC, 29 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	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:
33 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 17 ON PC, 16 ON 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 Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on Xbox		Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2024)

There are 32 NEW and 12 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

New This week:
32 NEW Products: 16 ON PC, 16 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

Updated This week:
12 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 6 ON PC, 6 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

Marketplace Backlog

Current Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Backlog: 369 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	16	0	8	24
Mission	22	0	80	102
Scenery	14	2	5	21
Livery	4	0	4	8
Airport	15	0	19	34
Other	22	18	12	52
Total	93	20	128	241

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	25	1	19	45
Mission	0	0	0	0
Scenery	6	0	5	11
Livery	15	0	3	18
Airport	8	0	42	50
Other	0	1	3	4
Total	54	2	72	128

Third Party Update

No Update this week.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

This week we return to South America for a flight over the spectacular Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile! While en route, we’ll enjoy varied and breathtaking scenery of deserts, mountains, and fjords!

All are welcome to join this public community flight.

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

Have you ever questioned what it must be like to hook a fast jet up to a tanker for some air-to-air refuelling? Well now you can with this amazing instructional video by cgaviator, a former Tornado GR-4 fighter pilot!

With demonstrations on how to “hook up” to the tanker at both day and night, this video showcases the ever blurring boundaries between real-world aviation, and what is possible in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.