calzoom 60 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 http://www.dovetailg...ft-takes-flight Quote The award-winning creators of the best-selling Train Simulator franchise have today announced a global licensing deal with Microsoft, granting them the rights to develop and publish all-new flight products based on Microsoft’s genre-defining flight technology. The company is currently investigating new concepts in this area and is expecting to bring a release to market in 2015. In addition to this licensing agreement, Dovetail Games is pleased to announce that it has also acquired the rights to distribute the multi-award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition via Valve’s popular digital retail channel, Steam, entitled Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition. First released in 2006, Microsoft Flight Simulator X is widely acknowledged as one of the most popular simulation products on the market. Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition will include the Deluxe Edition and the Acceleration Expansion Pack in one bundle. Dovetail Games will bring Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to the Steam online gaming platform for the first time in late 2014. “I am delighted to be working in partnership with Microsoft as part of this agreement,” said Paul Jackson, CEO of Dovetail Games. “We are thrilled to be exploring new flight simulation opportunities using Microsoft’s technology, and look forward to using our extensive expertise of Steam publishing to successfully bring Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to a broad new audience on the Steam platform. This partnership is perfectly timed to support our expansion into new areas of simulation.” Steve Bainbridge, COO at Dovetail Games added, “We are very proud of the strong community we have created around the Train Simulator series of products, and we are looking forward to extending our knowledge and experience into working closely with the flight simulation community. We know that they are a very knowledgeable, passionate and committed group of individuals and we welcome their feedback and involvement as we start to create the next generation of games in this area.” “When it comes to licensing our simulation engine, Dovetail Games is the obvious choice for us to work with. We respect their approach in terms of delivering premium quality simulation games and look forward to seeing their vision of the next chapter in flight simulations unfold,” said Kevin Perry, Executive Producer at Microsoft. “In addition to that, they have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to launch simulation products successfully via online platforms, making them the ideal partner to distribute Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition.” For further information please follow us at Dovetail Games Twitter and Dovetail Games Facebook. For press enquiries please contact: Lidia Rumley Light Switch PR E: lidia@lightswitchpr.co.uk T: 01932 228465 / 07803 359805 So this clears up the mystery from last month. Will be exciting and scary to think what these guys do with the licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetCord 1539 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 http://www.dovetailg...ft-takes-flight Quote So this clears up the mystery from last month. Will be exciting and scary to think what these guys do with the licence. As long as we don't get another Flight, I think this might be good thing. That said, we have no idea what this really means for the IP, and I have a hard time believing that they have the capital to invest in a new engine, which is what is ultimately needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acra24 83 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I hope they do talk to simmers as widely as possible, as promised, to achieve something that suits most users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs Eric Bakker 736 Posted July 10, 2014 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted July 10, 2014 Mathijs, What do you and/or Aerosoft think about this news? Are you yet in a position to comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted July 14, 2014 Aerosoft Share Posted July 14, 2014 We are cautiously optimistic and happy that the name will live on. However.... It all depends on how they will handle add-ons. The moment they move the whole thing to STEAM it will be impossible for other developers to sell add-ons via the same system without Dovetails (STEAM only allows the owner of the base product to sell add-ons on STEAM), and that would make things very hard as there will be many parties needing to get a cut. FS needs to be a fully open development platform where everybody should be able to compete without having to pay licenses etc. Developers should be free to decide on a publisher etc. Just as it is now with FSX/P3D and X-Plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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