can i play a Warzone On Steam?

[iss]

i heard you can play Non-Steam Games, I have Warzone on Blizzard, but can it work? can i play Online tho? i prefer the steam version

[Bee🐝]

You can add its .exe to the client, but that's just a shortcut - It won't have Steam functionality. It will still be a Blizzard purchase.

If you want all the Steam bells and whistles, you need to rebuy it on Steam. There's no way to migrate an account.

[shiel]

It's not a "steam version". You add it as a non-Steam game... you still need Battlenet running. Steam just allows you to launch it from your library.

[shiel]

Originally posted by Bee:

You can add its .exe to the client, but that's just a shortcut - It won't have Steam functionality. It will still be a Blizzard purchase.

If you want all the Steam bells and whistles, you need to rebuy it on Steam. There's no way to migrate an account.

It's not available on Steam.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by shiel:

Originally posted by Bee:

You can add its .exe to the client, but that's just a shortcut - It won't have Steam functionality. It will still be a Blizzard purchase.

If you want all the Steam bells and whistles, you need to rebuy it on Steam. There's no way to migrate an account.

It's not available on Steam.

It's not?

Then it's pretty cut and dry, isn't it? It requires the Blizzard launcher and servers and isn't even on available Steam.

[nullable]

Originally posted by Ed The Hyena:

i heard you can play Non-Steam Games, I have Warzone on Blizzard, but can it work? can i play Online tho? i prefer the steam version

What you heard was an overly simplified explanation or claim and you've filled in the missing data with assumptions. Shiel is pretty spot on and concise.

You would basically only do this if you preferred using the Steam client that much, liked the idea of all your games being launchable from the same place, or found the Steam Overlay to be that desirable.

You wouldn't be running a different version. Your existing requirements wouldn't change. Nor would the features. Steam "running" non-steam games is a superficial feature, it's just a shortcut that instead of existing on your desktop or in your start menu exists in the Steam Library page. It's not doing anything close to what you seem to be imagining based on your questions.

[shiel]

Originally posted by Bee:

Originally posted by shiel:

It's not available on Steam.

It's not?

Then it's pretty cut and dry, isn't it? It requires the Blizzard launcher and servers and isn't even on available Steam.

Which is exactly what I said in my first post.

[grody_antagonic]

you may want to wait until the Microsoft acquisition of ActiBlizz is finished in 2023 or so probably. Chances are high they'll re-release on Steam at some point after (at least I hope so).

[shiel]

Originally posted by grody_antagonic:

you may want to wait until the Microsoft acquisition of ActiBlizz is finished in 2023 or so probably. Chances are high they'll re-release on Steam at some point after (at least I hope so).

Did you seriously suggest waiting a year or more to play a (free) game so it maybe ends up on a different storefront?

[my new friend]

Originally posted by shiel:

Originally posted by grody_antagonic:

you may want to wait until the Microsoft acquisition of ActiBlizz is finished in 2023 or so probably. Chances are high they'll re-release on Steam at some point after (at least I hope so).

Did you seriously suggest waiting a year or more to play a (free) game so it maybe ends up on a different storefront?

By then, Warzone 2 will be released.

[grody_antagonic]

Originally posted by shiel:

Did you seriously suggest waiting a year or more to play a (free) game so it maybe ends up on a different storefront?

Sure. I do exactly that all the time. I play only on Steam. And maybe Switch when I'm out of the house.
However, it was an answer to OPs question regarding CoD on Steam.

[shiel]

Originally posted by grody_antagonic:

Originally posted by shiel:

Did you seriously suggest waiting a year or more to play a (free) game so it maybe ends up on a different storefront?

Sure. I do exactly that all the time. I play only on Steam. And maybe Switch when I'm out of the house.
However, it was an answer to OPs question regarding CoD on Steam.

And yet you have a bunch of games that require another launcher anyways.

I understand wanting all your games on one platform, but your suggestion in this case is misguided at best.