Some Microsoft Flight Simulator news to round-up with word that PlayStation 5 owners can now check out the iniBuilds A380 Airliner. Meanwhile, a free livery pack celebrates Xbox’s 25th anniversary and a re-release of the Pelican dropship from the Halo series arrives into MSFS 2024 with just a bit of grumbling. Let’s have a look!

Halo and Xbox anniversaries celebrated

We’ve hit the 25th anniversaries of both the first Xbox gaming console as well as the release of launch title Halo: Combat Evolved. A lot has changed but both Xbox and Halo remain a part of the gaming landscape and Microsoft Flight Simulator is celebrating that with some cross promotions.

Xbox 25th anniversary liveries are now available as a pack for free to all on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The liveries are specifically for the 737 MAX8, XCub (Wheels Variant), the Hot Air Balloon, and the Skyship 600.

Meanwhile, Xbox launch title Halo is getting some attention with the re-release of the D77-TC Pelican dropship from the series.

The release includes the following listed features: A unique flight model, with the ability to switch between drone and jet propulsion. It also has custom avionics, an interior model including a cargo bay and 12 liveries.

The MSFS 2020 release was a free offering while this release is listed at $9.99 USD in the MSFS 2024 marketplace which has caused some grumbling. It is actually free for a week so you can try it out before you need to pay to keep it going – the first time I think we’ve seen this particular style of promotion.

Read more about it here!

iniBuilds A380 heads to PlayStation 5

The slow trickle of products for PlayStation 5 owners of MSFS continues and the latest product to make it to the storefront is iniBuilds recently released A380 Airliner.

Microsoft is doing some promotion of the product themselves with a news article listing the type and its inclusion on the PS5 marketplace. It joins the product on Xbox and PC marketplaces – it has yet to emerge on the iniBuilds storefront yet but will likely move there in the coming months.

Read the full announcement here.