How do I add CD CoD: BO2 to Steam?

[Much Rommel]

How do I do it? I recently got Cod Bo2 on CD as I would rather get it on Amazon for £18.99 than on Steam for £39.99.

[Aporia]

Did you buy the game alone, or just the cd. If you bought just the cd, You cannot add it to steam. But if you got a fresh copy, There should be a steam activation code.

[JamesBondStyle]

Wrong. You can add a non-steam game even if he doesn't have a CD key. Go to your Library, Games (At the top manue above Library) and go to "Add a non-steam game" and select or browser the game you want to add and it will add it for you. IF you have a steam CD key, go to Games --> Activate a Product on Steam --> Put the CD Code in --> And click ok or what ever it says.

Originally posted by aporia326:

Did you buy the game alone, or just the cd. If you bought just the cd, You cannot add it to steam. But if you got a fresh copy, There should be a steam activation code.

[grymwynd]

Instructions here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=156644206
Also you just get overlay and chat but you wont get automatic updates

[Tiny Trees]

Originally posted by JamesBondStyle:

IF you have a steam CD key, go to Games --> Activate a Product on Steam --> Put the CD Code in --> And click ok or what ever it says.

I bought a brand new CD copy of COD:BO2. However I don't know if the key-code with it is specifically a Steam key. Or if it will work on Steam even if it's not specifically a Steam key. I am a little reluctant to just try in case something goes wrong and I lose the key.

Any ideas anyone please.

[Theblaze]

Originally posted by Tiny Trees:

[...] I bought a brand new CD copy of COD:BO2. However I don't know if the key-code with it is specifically a Steam key. Or if it will work on Steam even if it's not specifically a Steam key. I am a little reluctant to just try in case something goes wrong and I lose the key.

Any ideas anyone please.

The Game requires Steam anyway to play it,
There is no "Non-Steam" Version of this Game available on the PC.

[Tiny Trees]

Woh! Well that's that sorted. Time to try it out. Heheh. Thank you.

EDIT: It's worked and installed 12GB of the 15GB required for complete updated install, from the discs. Nice saver on download allowance. Just update 3GB.

[Dante]

Originally posted by JamesBondStyle:

Wrong. You can add a non-steam game even if he doesn't have a CD key. Go to your Library, Games (At the top manue above Library) and go to "Add a non-steam game" and select or browser the game you want to add and it will add it for you. IF you have a steam CD key, go to Games --> Activate a Product on Steam --> Put the CD Code in --> And click ok or what ever it says.

Originally posted by aporia326:

Did you buy the game alone, or just the cd. If you bought just the cd, You cannot add it to steam. But if you got a fresh copy, There should be a steam activation code.

BO2 is not a non-steam game. So, your whole post is irrelevant.

EDIT -

I didn't see Theblaze had already pointed out that BO2 requires Steam. So, sorry for the late post.

[Tiny Trees]

Yeah it's definintely Steam, however there is no Steam marking on the DVD cover. The only reference to Steam on the cover is a tiny bit of text, in the 'Internet Connection Required' description.

When I put the DVD in the PC drive a small opened with a little Steam icon - top left. After installing from DVD there was only about 0.5GB to update.

Shame I don't like the game much so far.