'Microsoft Flight Simulator' adds helicopters, gliders to its 40th Anniversary Edition

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Microsoft celebrates the 40th year of the Microsoft Flight Simulator by adding new aircraft into the game. The 40th Anniversary Edition title will get 12 new aircraft, including helicopters, gliders, a true-to-life Airbus A-310, and seven famous historical aircraft. There will be four classic airports, 10 glider airports, 14 heliports, and 20 classic missions from past versions of Flight Simulator.

This edition of the game will be free to existing owners or Xbox Game Pass members.

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Fitbit introduces new Inspire 3

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Fitbit also updates its more basic fitness tracker with the new Inspire 3. It ditches the monochrome LED of the past for a coloured OLED display. This tracker also now gets a SpO2 sensor. It can easily track metrics like 24/7 activity, heart rate, sleep, stress, and more. It accesses Fitbit features like Active Zone Minutes, Stress Management Score, Health Metrics Dashboard, Sleep Stages, and Sleep Score. A Fitbit Premium subscription unlocks most of those Fitbit features mentioned.

This lightweight fitness tracker is water resistant up to 50 metres and promises the same 10-day battery life as its predecessor, even if it sports a new display. The Fitbit Inspire 3 retails for $129.95 and comes in Midnight Zen/Black, Lilac Bliss/Black, and Morning Glow/Black. Like the new Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4, It comes with a free six-month Fitbit Premium membership as well.

Fitbit debuts new health- and fitness-focused Sense 2, Versa 4 smartwatches

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It feels like it's been a while since we've heard from Fitbit, but now the Google-owned company is back with a few new devices and accessories. Two of these are refreshes to its Versa and Sense line. While the Fitbit Versa 4 focuses on fitness, the Sense 2 takes a deeper dive into your overall wellness. 

These aren't running on Wear OS yet, but the Fitbit OS versions on them do have touches of Google infused in them. They have Google Assistant support and will get Google Wallet is coming "soon." These watches get a version of Wear OS Tiles, which lets you add customizable widgets to the side of the clock face. But these are limited to first-party apps, so that's mostly fitness information. The app drawer also looks a bit more like what's on Wear OS 3. Google Maps and turn-by-turn navigation support is coming, but there's no date yet for its arrival.

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'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' remake reportedly gets a new developer

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Embracer Group has reportedly moved development of the upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remakes for the PlayStation 5 and PC from Aspyr Media to a Saber Interactive studio in Eastern Europe. Development on the remake was reportedly paused after a demo of the game was shown to Lucasfilm and Sony. Aspyr, known for its ports of KOTOR and KOTOR II, was being helped by Saber with the development. But a cryptic statement in Embracer's earnings report last week suggested that Saber could be taking over.

“One of the Group’s AAA projects has transitioned to another studio within the Group,” Embracer wrote. “This was done to ensure the quality bar is where we need it to be for the title.” In the same report, Embracer said they aren't expecting "any material delays for the title based on this transiton." But the company hasn't revealed any public release dates for the game. It also hasn't responded to a request for comment on these rumours.

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