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Ridgewood, NJ, September 28, in the year of our Lord 2010 - Kalypso Media is pleased to announce that their strategic economic and trading simulation -- Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade, has been released to North American retail outlets.  Patrician IV is the latest title in the acclaimed Patrician series of simulation titles and challenges the player to rise up through the merchant ranks and build an economic empire all their own. For more information about Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade, please visit http://www.patrician4.com/en-us/index.php. 

Originally released in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST, the Patrician brand has sold over 2 million units worldwide, and has earned the respect of strategy gamers the world over. Patrician IV builds upon the already solid reputation of its predecessors with a whole new art style combined with a redesigned and newcomer-friendly trading simulation engine.

In Patrician IV, the player takes on the role of a young merchant in the area of the Baltic and North Sea during the late Middle Ages, the zenith of the Hanseatic League and its naval trading empire. Starting from meager beginnings as a small stall trader, players must use every skill at their disposal to rise through the merchant ranks and become the most powerful merchant in Europe. The authentic supply and demand-based trading system allows players to grow their business and head out to the high seas to form trading routes with other Hanseatic cities negotiating better prices for the buying and selling of goods.

TROPICO 3: GOLD EDITION

Ridgewood, NJ, September 28, in the year of our Lord 2010 - Kalypso Media today released Tropico 3: Gold Edition to North American retail stores. The Gold Edition features the award-winning economic sim/city builder Tropico 3  for Windows, and its popular expansion - Absolute Power, all in one exciting package. For the suggested US retail price of $29.99, gamers can enjoy playing as El Presidente, the leader of the island republic of Tropico.  Play as a jack-booted dictator, or a benevolent statesman as you craft the island's economy, infrastructure and political systems through dozens of missions and across multiple maps. For more information about Tropico 3: Gold Edition, please visit www.tropico3.com. 

About Tropico 3:

Developed by Haemimont Games, Tropico 3 brings the series back to its roots and puts players in the role of 'El Presidente', the two-bit dictator of a strategically positioned banana republic in the Caribbean during the time of the Cold War. Players assume control of every aspect of island life, deciding whether to unleash the army to secure their power base or lead their people to prosperity as a generous elder statesman. Will absolute power corrupt, or will the humanitarian approach spur progress? 

About Tropico 3: Absolute Power:

Tropico 3 Absolute Power is the first official expansion pack to the critically acclaimed Tropico 3 and invites players back to the island paradise of Tropico and experience unprecedented power as the benevolent (or malevolent) ruler 'El Presidente'. It adds new campaigns, new missions, new islands, unique buildings and new presidential powers to maximize the length and success of your term in power.