"There will be release day DLC that will contain [Gridlock, Subway], Canals, Mansion, and Tyro Station. These five maps will be free of charge but the only way to get them is if you receive a voucher, which every NEW copy of the game will have," says a user who claims to have received that information--and mountains more--from an exclusive preview in a coming issue of GamePro magazine.

If true, the trick would be the latest in a string of quiet moves by developers encouraging players to buy new, not used, copies of games. A used copy of Gears of War 2 would presumably already have its voucher used by the game's first buyer. Used game sales generate massive profits for retailers like GameStop but none of those profits go to game studios, inspiring companies including Electronic Arts and Bungie to publicly criticize the practice.

Shacknews contacted Epic's Cliff Bleszinski and received a "no comment."