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Infection in Halo 3 isn't zombie killing; it's ethnic cleansing. Have you ever noticed that these "zombies" are just black Spartans?
They had already settled on Reach as a setting. They couldn't use pre-existing characters because their contributions to the battle have already been detailed by Eric Nylund. Making that game would either render Nylund's work obsolete by changing the events or Bungie would have to undertake the doomed task of trying to convert the novels (which have their own set of in-universe rules to adhere to) from one medium to another and make it fun to play (compare how long it takes a group of Spartans to tackle a single scenario with only a few troops in the book versus how quickly John can mow down an entire platoon of Covenant in the games).
Before anyone says it: Reach did not "basically re-write" Nylund's depiction in its current format. If you thought about it for a little while you should be able to see just how well they managed to fit it around what was already established minus the small detail of the Pillar of Autumn's detour to Aszod (which is hardly significant, even though some people make it out to be on the same level as saying, for example, that Reach is actually made out of chocolate and that is why the Covenant were so interested in it.)