Halo PC's key with Reach

[English Mobster]

Don't do that to me, Korn. =[

[TeeKup]

DON'T DO THAT.

[Kornman00]

lmao, oh come on, you don't like HALOS IN SPACE?? Fuck, it's so bad it's funny

[Hunter]

Note from Sawnose:
Whoa, people! My PM box just exploded after replying below. I can't field questions on an individual basis, and there are getting to be too many posts in this thread for me to read everything. The answer: wait and see. And don't try and buy it now, because the list of valid keys was locked in May to those already used, to prevent us from being overrun by keygenners. A few more weeks of patience, and we'll start validating keys, PC and Mac. The reward is a small visual thing in-game, similar to what we promised for Halo 2 players. Please self-police this thread by pointing people to the main answer: wait and see.

Oh wow, I can have a floating image above my head :O This is BEST reward EVER!!

[=sw=warlord]

Oh wow, I can have a floating image above my head :O This is BEST reward EVER!!

Well that would be awkward.
I would have both the halo Pc symbol and the Halo 2 symbol, wouldn't that clutter the screen up?

[Kornman00]

* Something is better than nothing. At least they're acknowledging the player base that still exists in both game worlds (or did, in H2X's case). This is their last game in the Halo universe, it's just their way of paying homage.

[ejburke]

Unless it's a trap.

[English Mobster]

Yes, that was me in the podcast, and in fact we were discussing details at the office today. We should have the final feature ready for use in about a month.

We're dealing with the keygen problem as best we can. For starters, I pulled a list of keys that had actually been used as of a month or two ago, and we'll probably validate against that list. So people won't be able to just get the keygen now and claim the... reward. (i.e., people who didn't even bother to pirate the game :-) It also means that buying one of the few remaining copies at retail won't help you anymore.

So yeah, we're on it. Start spreading the word on other sites that Halo PC users should check here a couple weeks before Reach launches for details on what to do with the key.

edit - see my addendum at the end of the OP

edit -

To clarify, OLD keys work. If you ever used your key (technically, to enter the multiplayer game lobby, since that's what validates the key) at any time from 2003 until a couple months ago (May?), you should be ok. We won't be allowing NEW keys, because we'll assume they were keygenned.

"Halo 1 for Mac" users are included in this.

"Halo 2 for PC" is NOT included since Bungie wasn't involved in that port.

edit -

The reward is a small "visual flair", as was described during the last days of Halo 2 for players of that game. Not armor or anything in the Armory. We realize that some people have lost their keys or never played online to validate their key, and unfortunately we can't do anything about that. If that's you, you're not missing out on something like Recon or Flames, it's just a little indication that people have been part of a certain Halo community for a while, and we wanted to give them a nod.

As others have noted, we have no way of telling if you've played the Xbox version, so that isn't included here.

edit -

Yes, you can continue to play the game without invalidating your key.

Well then.
E: If he's saying Halo for Mac, I'm assuming Custom Edition is in as well. I know I don't have much to worry about, as I played Halo PC once or twice (mostly with buddies, never of my own accord), but Custom Edition should be fine, too.

[sevlag]

its the green triangle above our heads...it has come back to us T.T

[thehoodedsmack]

^ That'd be pretty cool, actually.