Last year Ubisoft announced it would be taking over the publishing duties of the long running Anno historical trading sim series. Today the publisher announced that the US release of the next game in the series, Anno 1404, would be given the title Dawn of Discovery for its US release this summer.

As with previous games in the Anno series, Dawn of Discovery is about expanding your Western civilization. The new game, set during the Middle Ages, concentrates on establishing trade with the Orient with other countries and learn about new technologies. In a bit of a departure from previous games in the series, Dawn of Discovery does not appear to deal with any kind of combat. Related Designs is once again handling the development duties.

[Via email press release]