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Robin Valentine

Benedict Cumberbatch is World of Tanks' new 'Holiday Ambassador', starring in a bizarre (and expensive) Christmas advert that has very little to do with either tanks or Christmas

Benedict Cumberbatch holding a snow globe.

There are times when World of Tanks feels less like a videogame and more like a giant ad budget looking for something to be spent on. This year, all those huge sacks with dollar signs on them have been thrown Benedict Cumberbatch's way, making him the game's newest "Holiday Ambassador" and the star of an absolutely bizarre Christmas advert.

The story has very little to do with Christmas and, frankly, not much connection to tanks either, featuring Cumberbatch as a sort of chaotic, supernatural therapist trying to bring a meek nerd out of his shell with the help of a chaotic crowd of his other patients.

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