Jorg Neumann Interview - Microsoft Flight Simulator's Top Gun: Maverick Expansion
The iconic aviation game Microsoft Flight Simulator has received its first movie tie-in expansion with its new Top Gun: Maverick DLC. The Microsoft Flight Simulator expansion was first announced in June 2021, exciting manyTop Gun fans with its inclusion of new crafts from the film. The DLC is now available as a free update to the game, and includes new challenges, training, and jets inspired by Top Gun.
The new Top Gun: Maverick DLC was made in collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer, the film's director. A celebration of aviation, the expansion aims to capture the feeling of flying the amazing crafts featured in Top Gun: Maverick while remaining true to Microsoft Flight Simulator's trademark realistic gameplay. All the new in-game jets have been meticulously recreated to match those featured in the movie, even the fictional SR 72 Dark Star. Alongside the new jets, the DLC adds new special maneuvers that can be practiced, locations from the movie, and the Top Gun soundtrack to accompany players in flight.
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Screen Rant talked with the Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator to discuss the developers' collaboration with the Top Gun: Maverick team, the future of the title, and the delicate balance of introducing an action movie franchise into the simulator's realistic world.
Screen Rant: How did the collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer start?
Jorg Neumann: I think, honestly, both companies sort of approached each other. When you think about [Top Gun], it was a 1986 movie that kicked off many of us into being interested in aviation, quite frankly. And then, four years earlier, was the franchise of Microsoft. 1982 is when we started. I think it just felt like
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