Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty available March 31st in North America

On Friday Kalypso Media announced Rise of a Dynasty, an add-on for their best selling medieval era trading simulation game Patrician IV.  Rise of a Dynasty will add a variety of new cities, scenarios, cooperative multiplayer and much more.  Here is a break down from the official press release:

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty offers players an exciting and fresh trading challenge with eight new cities to explore and introduces a multiplayer co-op mode for up to four players via the Internet or LAN. New features, based on suggestions of the fan community, have been added along with numerous improvements to the city environments and overall atmosphere of the game. Several timed scenarios are available, which, depending on how quickly they are completed by the player, adjust the difficulty and wealth available of later missions.

Features include:

Jointly control and grow the same Hanseatic trade organization and fight sea battles as a team; teammates can join or leave a game at any time in multiplayer mode.

Six new scenarios that can be played in single or up to four-player multiplayer co-op mode

Expand  your trade to eight new cities spread across four regions — the addition of land-based caravans allows the players to expand  their trade empire by sea and by land

New assignments and missions, including a treasure map which must be assembled from parts gathered throughout the game, provide new challenges and depth of play

Stylish new interior views of buildings, new citizen animations and behaviors, and animated businesses enhance the game atmosphere; interact with individual citizens to gauge the populace’s attitudes and concerns

Enjoy many additional game enhancements suggested by the Patrician community

Kalypso Media has also provided some screenshots.  Enjoy!

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Jarret Redding
Jarret Redding
Jarret Redding

Executive Director

Jarret is Executive Director as well as one of the founding members of Mash Those Buttons. He plays all types of games, but tends to lean more toward FPS, Stealth, and Combat games.

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