In the spirit of Christmas, Creative Assembly has made Total War: Shogun 2 that little bit more Christmassy with the release of Operation Santa. Operation Santa is a special Christmas winter battle map where you'll be equipped with a Christmas HUD in a fight over Santa's tree in the middle of the map. Additionally you will find candy cane and snowmen have hijacked the main Shogun 2 menu when you load up the game!

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An accompanying patch soon to be released over the next couple of days fixes some issues with siege battle maps, as well as a money hack. Get in the Christmas groove by giving feedback and sending your Merry Christmas wishes to the lovely people at CA in their official Operation Santa thread on TWC.