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Referencing my paperbacks and some other geekery, there were battle rifles on Reach, but they were squirreled away in the ONI base and weren't used until the events in First Strike... I think.
So, if the game covers more than simply the Fall of Reach, then battle rifles could be seen without a break in canon.
Then, of course, it could cover events and places that the novels have not yet covered...
Beside that, though, the only reason to think the weapon shown is a battle rifle is the longer barrel, but there are instances in which Spartans used silenced assault rifles, and that could account for the apparently lengthened barrel, too.
[Edited on 11.02.2009 10:36 PM PST]