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Bruce Hamilton:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21981

Although not confirmed by any official sources, it appears that Microsoft has entirely shut down ACES Studios as part of a 5000 employee layout. ACES is of course responsible for Microsoft Flight Simulator and was also working on Train Simulator 2 so if true both of those products would appear to be dead.   :'(

01pewterz28:
Very sad but if this is the ned of FS development from MS I hope developers will look back and continue to expand for both FS9 and FSX as if this is the case I will never install FSX again on my PC and FS9 will live for ever :)

Sean

Silverbird:
This was definitely shocking news to me after so many years, I hope those that were affected find a better place and my best wishes go out to them. here are a few more links to this horrible news to us flight simulator fans.  :(

Phil Taylors Blog  http://www.futuregpu.org/2009/01/end-of-era-aces-studio-and-flight-sim.html
Steve Laceys Blog http://www.steve-lacey.com/blogarchives/2009/01/the_end_of_an_e.shtml

Kiwiwanabe:

--- Quote from: Silverbird on January 23, 2009, 09:55:52 pm ---This was definitely shocking news to me after so many years, I hope those that were affected find a better place and my best wishes go out to them. here are a few more links to this horrible news to us flight simulator fans.  :(

--- End quote ---

Well said Siverbird. There is plenty out there and more coming for FS9 and FSX and will be for a while. We can easily be satisfied for some time. The real concern is for all those that are trying to figure out how they are going to get themselves and their families through some very difficult times.

JFKpilot:
This is very bad for the industry -- a lot more than just the Microsoft employees are going to hurt from this.  People slammed Aces and fsx all the time, but without them...it's like life just ended.  There's a lot of life left in fsx but what about after that?  I hope something happens -- x-plane just doesn't cut it.    

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