After the reveal that Bungie was indeed working on a new Halo game, entitled Halo: Reach, many more questions were raised as to the nature of the game, such as what time period in the Halo universe would it take place and what sorts of action we could expect, although the biggest question of all was when the game itself would be released.

During a demo of Halo 3: ODST, Bungie staffers were on hand to take questions, one of which concerned the start of the Halo: Reach beta test, which players of Halo 3: ODST will automatically be invited to. A member of Bungie answered by saying:

“We don’t have an actual firm date for it yet, but I don’t anticipate it being day and date with [ODST]. I can say you will need the Halo 3: ODST disc to access the beta when it does become available. I can confirm that that beta will go live sometime between the release of Halo 3: ODST on September 22nd and the release of Halo: Reach next fall.”

Watch the debut teaser trailer for Halo: Reach below, if you haven’t already seen it: