Halo Reach Beta Code Hunters! Be Careful!

The news that Bungie were giving ‘Friends & Family’ Beta codes to allow a select few people (around 20,000) to download and play the Halo Reach beta early sparked a mass Internet movement. Many websites offered these beta codes in a prize draw competition to readers of their websites. Others selected a random few comments on their articles and emailed codes to the unsuspecting fans.

For most, seeing the ‘invitation to the Reach Beta’ email in their inbox was too good to be true. Unfortunately for some it really was. YouTube and various forums on the net have become flooded with posts from people claiming to have the exclusive early beta code. The catch is, you have to download an exe file to generate the code or fill in an online survey. Do you see where this is going? Once the unsuspecting Halo fan has downloaded the executable or completed a survey disclosing daddy’s credit card details, they are given a code that, once entered, returns the “this code has already been redeemed” message.

So in this beta month of May, save yourself some heart ache, my fellow gamers and stay away from anyone offering you a code if you have to download or complete anything. If you want the code and can't wait until early morning May the 3rd (tomorrow), then get on Twitter and start searching; but please do remember to take a pinch of salt with you.

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