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Many inane things have been said by publishers and developers about pre-owned games, but Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has, quite possibly, made the most ridiculous argument yet — stating that secondhand games pave the way for piracy because ofreasons. “Pre-owned isn’t actually new — in 1981 there was Buy and Try, and that type of stuff,” says the Codies overlord. “The difference was that it wasn’t a significant percentage of the market, and it was never promoted as aggressively through the retail community as it is today....

In the future, wars will be fought with machines designed by guys who love them someTransformers. IfCommand & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilightis an accurate portrayal of the future, that is. In this set of new screenshots taken from the game’s multiplayer, we get to finally see the oft-rumored snow level. It’s confirmed, guys. Based on the file names for these saucy .jpgs, I can only assume the map shown is called “Arctic....

[Update: In an unexpected twist, we received the following response from Activision: “There seems to be a great deal of speculation about the nextCall of Dutyproject. Let me be clear that we are not revealing yet. Anything indicating otherwise is a hoax.”] A not-so-mysterious website has been making the rounds today.FindMakarov.comis the URL in question — look familiar,Modern Warfare 2players? It’s got a countdown which should come to a close at 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday....

Thanks to the popularity ofFinal Fantasy 7, the buzz surrounding Square-Enix’s upcoming PSP titleCrisis Coremay be the biggest thing to attract new PSP users since theslim PSPwas announced. Courtesy ofFamitsu,we have a few new videos of the Battle System, which is centered around the Digital Mind Wave (DMW), a fancy new term for summoning critters. It also looks as if you get to play something that resembles Advent Children Roulette to get your limit breaks....

GamersFirst has brought on David Jones — who is known for his work onGrand Theft Auto,Crackdown, andAPB— to work onAPB: Reloaded. He’ll be in an advisory role “during critical design stages” of this rejiggered, free-to-play MMO. “This game was my passion back when I was developing it with Realtime Worlds, and I’m extremely excited to be able to participate in fulfilling the long term vision for the title,” remarks Jones. “After seeing what the team has done with the game thus far, I’m certain thatAPB Reloadedwill become the title that truly breaks new ground for online game experiences, especially with transition to a free-to-play model....

Dead Rising 2will not be shown at E3 this year. Capcom recently confirmed the game’s no-show status toOXM UK, citing swine flu as the reason. Apparently, the entire Japan branch of Capcom is staying home to avoid American germs. Cough. I’ve got an idea, Capcom. Just fly me out to see the game. I’m young, sculpted, and in perfect health. I really enjoy killing (digital)zombiesand, perhaps most importantly, I haven’t been sick since I was a toddler....

Deadly Premonitionreleased yesterday, although if you weren’t reading Destructoid, you wouldn’t have known. The budget horror game launched with no fanfare, and I had to actually get my copy from under the counter at my local GameStop, because nobody thought to put it on the store shelf. This, dear friends, is a crime. Deadly Premonitionis absolutely amazing, and to prove it, I present to you the greatest cutscene in videogame history....

Those on the fence about Visceral Games’ videogame adaptation of Dante Alighieri’s poem The Divine Comedy will get their shot to try it out this December. Electronic Arts has announced that a demo forDante’s Infernowill be available for download next month. The demo will expore the game’s “Gates of Hell,” and giving you a chance to hack and slash your way up to a battle with Death himself. The demo will also feature two of the game’s cut-scenes, which promise to (at the very least) be flashy....

Once again, we’d like to bring the rest of the world into our nice little robot corner and give them a peek into our unedited internal conversations. Why would you want to read such things? Because we happen to be hilarious, and we also have some very interesting points of views when it comes to video game current events. In this week’s edition, we start off by discussingMicrosoft’s Aaron Greenberg’sstatement that the people who buy Wiis are buying them as “novelty” items....

I’m waiting for an influx of amazing photos to really show you how awesome MAGFest was this year, but while I’m doing that let me tell you how Destructoid rolls. Oursecond place finishat the Iron Chef competition may have had you worried that we weren’t on our A game, but your doubt was unwarrented. Above you see first, second and third place for MAGFest’sWindjammers tournament. They’re all Destructoid community members....

BioShockis noted for its grim themes, visceral combat, tone, and colorful characters. While I applaud the game for all of the above, I think there is something missing. For a period, I could not put my finger on it. Is it the lack of customization? Could it possibly be the brevity of play? Or is it perhaps the letdown of the endgame? Today, I realized what was missing.BioShockdoes not have enough cake....

We’ve highlightedDestructopus!before in aWeekend Mobile roundup, because it simply looked awesome and it’s calledDestructopus! The game is now available on the iPhone App Store for$0.99, which is cheap enough to give it a try for yourself. A few things have been updated in the process, like additional levels, rebalancing, optimized performance for older devices, and more destruction. Some of the unlockable abilities are in-app purchases but as the game itself is cheap, that simply means it’s up to you whether you want to bother with them....

I was going to justify this image with a convoluted comment on how President’s Day is on Monday and without the Great Emancipator, we would not have a word like “badonkadonk” in the popular lexicon. Then I realized thatMoonreceived a great price drop this week. Further proof that the simplest explanations are almost always the best ones. Let’s do that Discountoid thang. As mentioned, GameStop has cut the price of Renegade Kid’sMoonby over 30%, which is pretty sexy fora game Dale North enjoyed....