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Travel the world and universe from home with these video games

If you can't leave the country over the holidays, then video games have you covered, whether you fancy flying a plane with Microsoft Flight Simulator or exploring a galaxy of planets with No Man's Sky, says Jacob Aron

20 July 2022

Microsoft Flight Simulator — Asobo Studios/IGDB

Asobo Studio

PC, Xbox Series X/S

SCS Software

PC

Playground Games

PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

Hello Games

PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

NEXT week, I am leaving the UK for the first time in over half a decade, having been travel-constrained since 2016 by a combination of young children and the coronavirus pandemic. With that in mind, I have been thinking about the best travel…

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