It appears that Microsoft is launching their new motion sensing peripheral Project Natal next year. To give the new peripheral a boost, it only makes sense to have it work with the Xbox 360's biggest franchise -- Halo. And that appears to be what Bungie is aiming for with Halo: Reach. Speaking with the Seattle Times, Bungie president Harold Ryan expressed excitement for the new peripheral, saying, "I absolutely think Reach could be enabled with it." At the moment though, the team is in the final stretch for the upcoming Halo 3: ODST, which they billed as an open-world title.

Heading to different sites in the city triggers "flashbacks," which drops the players into various missions and helps players put together the mystery. "We're doing a lot of pretty neat things in terms of mixing it up, introducing some non-linearity, some free exploration," said writer and creative director Joseph Staten. "This is also a mystery story so there's a lot more clue-finding and mystery-solving than you would normally find in a game of this kind - nothing that strays too far from the fun Halo experience, but we definitely decided to take a little bit of risk and have some fun with this one." Halo 3: ODST is due September 22, while Reach is scheduled for fall of next year -- most likely just in time for Natal.