Despite getting their "Halo 2" Xbox Live support taken offline, longtime "Halo" and "Halo 2" players have seen a lot of love this year. First, those final "Halo 2" online players received "Halo: Reach" beta access. Now, Bungie has decided to bestow something special and shiny upon "Reach" players who have functional keys for "Halo: Combat Evolved" for PC.
"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," Bungie developer Roger Wolfson wrote in the Bungie forums (via Giant Bomb). "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 no fakers. This offer is only going to be open to the real OG's of PC "Halo" — or least those who authenticated keys for their game prior to May 26, 2010. Everyone who did will have a chance to unlock "a small visual thing in-game."
The specific steps you'll have to take to grab that "thing" haven't been ironed out yet, but Wolfson promises some updates in the weeks to come as the "Reach" launch date on September 14 inches closer.
Do you still have your "Halo" PC key? What do you hope to see Bungie offer? Share your reactions in the comment section below.