Yesterday, our panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial plus special guests from Working Title and iniBuilds appeared on our latest Developer Livestream. If you missed catching it live on Twitch, you can watch the replay on YouTube here:

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In addition to answering dozens of questions from the community, some of the other highlights from the broadcast include:

• Overview from Working Title on the improvements to the G3X avionics coming in Sim Update 15 (SU_15)[/*]
• Presentation from iniBuilds about the Airbus A320neo V2, a free aircraft for all players on all platforms launching alongside SU_15[/*]
• Announcement of City Update VII: European Cities II which includes updated scenery for: [list]
• Barcelona[/*]
• Madrid[/*]
• Monte Carlo[/*]
• Nice[/*]
• Porto[/*]
• Stockholm[/*]

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[*]Announcement of Local Legend 16: Short Sc.7 Skyvan ("The Flying Shoebox") by developer iniBuilds[/*]
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Both City Update VII and Local Legend 16 are targeted for release on May 28.

Also announced during the livestream was an update on the Sim Update 15 release date. While we had previously revealed a tentative launch date of April 30, we now think an additional week of development time is necessary. This will be the last Sim Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) prior to the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 later this year (but not the final Sim Update for MSFS2020 ever -- SU_16 is planned for early 2025), so the team really wants to make sure SU_15 in an excellent state before we release it.

Finally, Jorg also revealed that the licensing agreement for the Top Gun: Maverick DLC is expiring on May 25. What this means is that it will be removed from the Marketplace after that date and players will no longer be able to claim this free expansion. If you have already claimed it from the Marketplace, it is not disappearing and you will still be able to continue using it (including uninstalling and re-installing it from Content Manager). We encourage everyone interested in checking out the Top Gun DLC to download it now before it goes away.

In Marketplace news, the team feels like they have the backlog under control and can now begin accepting new developers into the Marketplace. We have a very lengthy list of pending applications and can't approve all of them at once, so in order to help us prioritize the developers most desired by you, the community, we are asking for your feedback. Please see this thread on our forums where you can share your feedback on which developers you would most like to see added to the Marketplace.

– MSFS Team

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