"My planet Arrakis is so beautiful when the sun is low"
Microsoft Flight Simulator x Dune – Ornithopter Gameplay (4K 60FPS)
Dune: Part Two, the sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2021 sci-fi epic, is almost upon us. Ahead of the film's highly anticipated release on March 1, Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios announced the arrival of Paul Atreides' Ornithopter and the desert plains of Arrakis to Microsoft Flight Simulator in a free expansion.
The Ornithopter is to the Dune universe what the X-Wing and TIE Fighter are to Star Wars: an iconic work of speculative engineering with a distinctive silhouette and dazzling capabilities in flight. According to a statement from Microsoft Flight Simulator head Jorg Neumann, players will be able to pilot the Royal Atreides Ornithopter through three tutorials (takeoff, landing and free fall) before participating in five time trial activities and a rescue mission to save their flight instructors from an upcoming sandstorm.
It's just the latest in a series of video game tie-ins in the weeks leading up to Dune: Part Two's release. In December, Sledgehammer Games added Paul Atreides and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
