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It's been a busy day for Valve's Steam service and we have one more bit of news from the game download service. Today saw the official release for Mosby's Confederacy, the historical strategy game from developer Tilted Mill. The game, which sells for $19.99, is the second such original downloadable title from Tilted Mill (the first was Hinterland).

The game itself combines both turn based strategy in building towns with real time strategic combat and is based on the real life exploits of the real life Confederate general John Singleton Mosby during the US Civil War. You can get a lot more info on the game in our exclusive interview.

These days, it seems all the attention goes toward World War II or modern warfare games. So, it's refreshing when a strategy game like Mosby's Confederacy comes along, centered on the American Civil War. This trailer shows first looks and gameplay.

Download HD Mosby's Confederacy Trailer (13 MB)

Tilted Mill gave Big Download some of the first details about their next original downloadable game Mosby's Confederacy. Now the developer has released the first in-game screenshots from the historical strategy title that's based on the real life exploits of the Confederate general John Singleton Mosby during the US Civil War.

Conbining both turn based strategy in building towns with real time strategic combat, Mosby's Confederacy is the second such original downloadable game from Titlted Mill (the first was Hinterland). There's no word yet on a exact release date for the game but Tilted Mill expects it to be made available before the end of 2008.

Just in time for Halloween, developer Tilted Mill has released a second free update (via Steam) for their fantasy RPG-village building game Hinterland. The update, titled the Halloween Havoc Pack, adds quite a bit of new content to the title. Included in the update are threw new playable characters; the Halloween-themed Trickster, the Fallen Hero and the Goblin Thief.

Also included in the update are three new enemies (Jack o' Lantern, Scarecrow and Minotaur), two new followers (Pumpkin Farmer and Undertaker), two new buildings (Pumpkin Farm and Graveyard) and a number of new items (Explosive Pumpkins, Sickles, Magic Stick, Dead Remains, Wolf Blood, Spider Venom, Goblin Blood, Witch's Brew and Shovel).

Tilted Mill has become extremely busy this year. Their first downloadable original game Hinterland was recently released and a few weeks ago they announced plans for their second downloadable PC title Mosby's Confederacy. This week the developer took the covers off yet another new game project. This time its a web browser based game called Immortal Cities: Nile Online.

Based on Tilted Mill's first PC retail game Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile, this new version of the historical city building game is designed to be persistant and allows for casual play for a few minutes at a time throughout the day. The game apparently supports all major web browsers (yes even Chrome) and is now taking sign-ups to beta test the game. There's no word yet if Tilted Mill plans to charge for the game once it comes out of beta.

As promised earlier this week, the folks at Tilted Mill did not waste any time in releasing the first free content expansion for their fantasy RPG-village building sim Hinterland. The full game was released only last week but this new content update is now available via Valve's Steam client.

As we previously reported, the new content update adds wo new characters (the Archer and the Dwarf Warrior) along with new features like creature specific item drops, a new character info screen, auto-equipping, acquiring resources through economic means and more. In addition, the update adds French, German and Spanish language support for the game along with numerous balance changes and bug fixes.

As mentioned in our new interview with the folks at Tilted Mill today, the developer plans to release its first downloadable content update for Hinterland, their recent fantasy RPG-village building sim. The developer sent over a press release with details on the new content.

Two new characters (the Archer and the Dwarf Warrior ) will be included in the update along with features like creature specific item drops, a new character info screen, auto-equipping, acquiring resources through economic means and more. The free content update will be released via Steam "shortly" but no specific release date was announced.

Tilted Mill surprised many in the game industry with their plans to release a series of downloadable original games on their own without any publisher support. Their plans have already started with the release of their fantasy RPG-village building game Hinterland.

But Tilted Mill isn't done yet for their plans for new downloadable games. This week they announced plans for Mosby's Confederacy, a historical strategy title set during the US Civil War. In their first interview about the game Tilted Mill president Chris Beatrice, senior designer Jeff Fiske and lead designer Matt Zimmitti talk about Mosby's Confederacy and its different take on the historical strategy genre.

Last week developer Tilted Mill released Hinterland, a fantasy RPG-village building game that was the first of a series of planned downloadable original games. Today the developer wasted no time in announcing their next project: Mosby's Confederacy. This tactical RTS game is set during the US Civil War and in a move that some might see as a bit unusual gives the player control of a squad of Confederate soldiers.

The company's press release for the game states, "In Mosby's Confederacy you command small bands of skirmishers, scouts and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to scout, ambush, steal supplies and harass a larger and better armed force of Union soldiers, in this game of turn based strategy and real time tactical combat for the PC." The game also has you trying to win the respect of the local population as well. The game is based on the real life US Confederacy leader John Singleton Mosby, also known as the "Grey Ghost" for his ability to elude Union forces. The game's official web site has more info on the title which should be released later this year.

As promised late last week, Tilted Mill's first original downloadable game Hinterland has now been released and is currently available only on Valve's Steam download service. The game costs $19.99 but again there's no word on when a free demo of the game will be released.

Hinterland is planned to be the first of a series of small, downloadable games from Tilted Mill who previously released retail city building games like Children of the Nile, (recently revamped and re-released via download) Caesar IV and most recently Sim City Societies for Electronic Arts. Hinterland is a combination of an action-RPG (going out on missions, slaying monsters) with a village building sim (gain resources to help expand and improve your village). The game was designed to be played either as a quick casual game or as a longer more hard core game depending on the adjustment of a number of customizable options.