Kalypso Media announces Patrician IV, the next installment in the long-running The Patrician series of strategy games, which is planned for release this fall. The game is in development at Kalypso Media's Gaming Minds Studios, which includes members of the original Patrician development team, as Kalypso purchased the IP along with other assets from defunct developer German developer Ascaron Entertainment last year. A teaser trailer from the game is available, and the Patrician IV Website is online. Word is: "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 Age, the zenith of the Hanseatic League and its naval trading empire." Here's the embedded version of the clip.