FYI! All Who Purchase Limited Edition!

[GTFO. Luckyg]

Firstly the following post only applys to steam users, if you got the game from retail or EADM then this does not apply to you,

When you play the game for the first time steam will provide 1 key for you to type in to activate the game, however there is a second key which is not shown (afaik) which is required to let you obtain the limited edition unlocks and day 1 dlc,

to find the second key you need to quit the game, go to your games section in steam, right click on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and select "View game CD Key" there you need to make a note of the second key in the list as you simply cannot copy and paste it into the game,

you then need to paste the code in the store to obtain your limited edition unlocks and day 1 dlc.

Extra FYI: you may need to restart steam to receive your promo key, also once you activate it, many people say it takes time before the unlocks actually make it into your weapons and gadgets slots, so don't go raging straight away

[GTFO. G]

Poor job Valve/EA

[GTFO. TommyBoy]

what a pain in the arse, it clearly stated that those extras would be included if you pre purchased, so now we have to go fucking around looking for them????

[GTFO. NachoDuck]

Cheers for the info.

[GTFO. WhiteRaven]

At least you get some info on you're BC2 menu in Steam.
Mine still says 'Unreleased'
Cant see either CD Keys.

Epic Fail form Steam. Dont think i'll ever Pre-load a game from them again after this mass screwup.

[GTFO. TommyBoy]

My game menu in steam has all dlc available now - it says all dlc is automatically installed and unistalled along with the game and can be accessed by playing it.

[GTFO. Kitten]

At least you get some info on you're BC2 menu in Steam.
Mine still says 'Unreleased'
Cant see either CD Keys.

Epic Fail form Steam. Dont think i'll ever Pre-load a game from them again after this mass screwup.

Mine too, just needs a steam restart

[GTFO. Luckyg]

My game menu in steam has all dlc available now - it says all dlc is automatically installed and unistalled along with the game and can be accessed by playing it.

have you got the limited edition unlocks aswell though?

[GTFO. TommyBoy]

Havent launched the game yet lucky, but I have got both keys in the game menu. How do you tell if you have the extras?

[GTFO. Luckyg]

Havent launched the game yet lucky, but I have got both keys in the game menu. How do you tell if you have the extras?

well they will be in your weapons and gadgets section from the start after activating both keys

[GTFO. TommyBoy]

Well I entered the dlc code in the redeem code setion, it said it was successful but I cant see anything extra in my gadgets list, not got time to arse about with it now, will try later.