ANNO 1404 is developed by Related Designs and produced by Blue Byte, and is the latest opus of the ANNO strategy-game series, where the discovery of the ancient oriental civilization will inspire the players' creative vision and help them raise monumental cities and develop a great historical empire. ANNO 1404 features a deep economy system, a wide game world and a dynamic gameplay which continuously challenge the players' strategic and management skills.

• The rich Anno 1404 environment gets complemented with a new Venetian setting offering new possibilities of interaction:
• Build two new Venetian ship types: the small and big tradesman cog
• Develop secret cabinets, infiltrate your enemies and sabotage their expansion
• Take control over enemy cities thanks to your influence in the cities' council board
• Play Anno 1404 online in a multiplayer mode:
• Choose to play versus or coop to defeat the AI by combining your techniques
• Up to 8 players
• Up to 60 new items and 300 new quests with two new types: trading race and ship boarding
• Discover and exploit a new type of island, the Volcano island
• New scenarios to face new challenges with new achievements, medals and crests