Previously announced for the European market, Ubisoft has now officially announced that the US release of Dawn of Discovery (known in other parts of the world as Anno 1404) will be getting an expansion pack titled Dawn of Discovery: Venice. This expansion will be adding multiplayer features to the game for the first time, with versus modes for up to eight players along with a co-op mode that will let players fight against AI enemies.

The game will use the new Venetian setting to add two new ship types, 300 new quests, up to 60 new items and more. The expansion will be released in the US via download exclusively on February 25. On that same day Ubisoft will release Dawn of Discovery: Gold Edition which will have both the original game and the new expansion.in one product. It will also be released as a download product only.