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Dawn of Discovery: Venice, the first add-on for Dawn of Discovery (aka Anno 1404), released today, giving players access to all-new features and units. The add-on includes a rich Venetian setting with ship types to match, an online multiplayer mode that supports up to eight players, along with new challenges and quests. The add-on can be purchased by itself or as part of Dawn of Discovery Gold. A playable demo for the original Dawn of Discovery can be downloaded here.

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This patch for Dawn of Discovery (a.k.a. Anno 1404) updates the game to v1.2 and addresses a number of different game issues including balance changes. Continue reading after the jump for full patch notes. The Dawn of Discovery playable demo can be downloaded here.

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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.

Those crazy people who live in other countries. They sometimes get stuff we here in the States don't get (at least at first). Take Anno 1404, for example. The historical strategy-sim game is known by Dawn of Discovery here in the US but today publisher Ubisoft announced that an expansion pack for the game is coming this February . . but just for the Anno 1404 version.

Yes, Anno 1404 Venice will expand the game to the canal city with 60 new items, 300 new quests and for the first time adding multiplayer features like versus and co-op for up to eight players. Right now the expansion is just for Europe, the Middle East and Australia; there's no word if Ubisoft plans to bring the expansion to the US and Dawn of Discovery.