Congratulations to OuterHaven for placing first in the month of November 2008 with a 76.85% return. This is the second month in a row that OuterHaven has topped the charts. In second place was andip with a 66.52% return. soupsoup, ebbydy, and marcinkonm closed out the top five with 66.52%, 57.38%, and 57.02% gains respectively.

Check out the complete November rankings.

On the Community League competitions, NeoGAF led with a 2.24% return. Evil Avatar came in second with a 1.51% return.Cheap Ass Gamer came in third with a 0.54% return.

December Monthly Sales Futures for software are making their debut next week. Remember, there are new rules regarding Monthly Software Futures. If a game does not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title. Games receiving Monthly Sales Futures are suggested by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR). The games selected should have a 95% chance of making the Top 10 each month.

Prince of Persia (Xbox 360) will also have Metacritic Futures IPOing the same days as the Monthly Sales Futures.

Monthly Sales Futures will debut in two-phase IPOs. IPO Phase 1 is a 48 hour period of trading without automated market making to determine the IPO Phase 2 price. Advanced trading mode is required to place orders in IPO Phase 1. After IPO Phase 1, the futures contracts will enter IPO Phase 2 in which the bid and ask prices will be fixed all day.

• November Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company
  11/17	11/19	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo
  11/18	11/20	Gears of War 2	Xbox 360	MSFT
  11/19	11/21	Call of Duty: World at War	Xbox 360	EA
  11/20	11/22	Guitar Hero: World Tour	Wii	ATVI
  11/21	11/23	Prince of Persia	Xbox 360	Ubisoft

• US Hardware in October 2008

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo Wii	803,000	793,900	+1.15%
  Nintendo DS	491,000	595,900	-17.60%
  Xbox 360	371,000	333,000	+11.41%
  PlayStation Portable	193,000	266,500	-27.58%
  PLAYSTATION 3	190,000	249,200	-23.76%
  Total Hardware Units	2,048,000	2,238,500	-8.51%

• US Software in October 2008

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Fable 2 (Xbox 360)	790,000	717,800	+10.06%
  2	Wii Fit (Wii)	487,000	--	--
  3	Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)	375,000	460,600	-18.58%
  4	Mario Kart (Wii)	290,000	--	--
  5	Wii Play (Wii)	282,000	331,600	-14.96%
  6	Saint's Row 2 (Xbox 360)	270,000	--	--
  7	SOCOM: US Navy SEALS Confrontation (PS3)	231,000	--	--
  8	LittleBigPlanet (PS3)	215,000	330,600	-14.96%
  9	NBA 2K9 (Xbox 360)	202,000	--	--
  10	Dead Space (Xbox 360)	193,000	364,400	-47.04%
  	Total Tracked Software Units	1,855,000	2,205,000	-15.87%
  	Total Software Sales	$696.79M	$694.90M	+0.27%

Congratulations to OuterHaven for placing first in the month of October 2008 with a 107.14% return. In second place was jkraty followed in second with a 70.53% return. Bucser, merisam, and Charli3boi closed out the top five with 67.6%, 54.68%, and 43.62% gains respectively.

Check out the complete October rankings.

On the Community League competitions, NeoGAF led with a 3.57% return. Cheap Ass Gamer came in second with a 2.92% return. Evil Avatar came in third with a 0.45% return.

November Monthly Sales Futures for software are making their debut next week. Remember, there are new rules regarding Monthly Software Futures. If a game does not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title. Games receiving Monthly Sales Futures are suggested by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR). The games selected should have a 95% chance of making the Top 10 each month.

Resistance: Fall of Man 2 will also have Metacritic Futures IPOing the same days as the Monthly Sales Futures.

48 hour period of trading without automated market making to determine the IPO Phase 2 price. Advanced trading mode is required to place orders in IPO Phase 1. After IPO Phase 1, the futures contracts will enter IPO Phase 2 in which the bid and ask prices will be fixed all day.

• November Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company
  10/27	10/29	Gears of War 2	Xbox 360	MSFT
  10/28	10/30	Call of Duty: World at War	Xbox 360	EA
  10/29	10/31	Call of Duty: World at War	PS3	EA
  10/30	11/1	Resistance: Fall of Man 2	PS3	Sony
  10/31	11/2	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo

The following are upcoming GLS Stock IPOs. Remember, each stock enters a 48-hour IPO Phase 1 in which there is no market maker providing prices. Advanced trading mode is required to place orders in IPO Phase 1. After IPO Phase 1, the futures contracts will enter IPO Phase 2 in which the bid and ask prices will be fixed all day. Most GLS Stocks will also have an accompanying Metacritic Future.

If you want a game listed for trading, be sure to bid for it in the Unlisted Games section.

• GLS Stock IPOs

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company	Submitter
  10/20	10/22	Wii Music	Wii	Nintendo	Cabbage1012
  10/21	10/23	Far Cry 2	PS3	Ubisoft	starship
  10/21	10/23	Far Cry 2	Xbox 360	Ubisoft	starship
  10/22	10/24	Need for Speed: Undercover	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	NightWolf
  10/23	10/25	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm	PS3	Namco Bandai	LProfit
  10/24	10/26	Prince of Persia	Xbox 360	Ubisoft	Joe80

• US Hardware in September 2008

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo Wii	687,000	602,800	+13.97%
  Nintendo DS	536,800	626,600	-14.33%
  Xbox 360	347,200	350,000	-0.80%
  PlayStation Portable	238,100	254,500	-6.44%
  PLAYSTATION 3	232,400	226,700	-2.51%
  Total Hardware Units	2,041,500	2,060,600	-0.93%

• US Software in September 2008

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)	610,000	--	--
  2	Wii Fit (Wii)	518,000	--	--
  3	Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360)	363,000	--	--
  4	Mario Kart (Wii)	353,000	--	--
  5	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)	325,000	--	--
  6	Mercenaries 2: World in Flames	297,000	--	--
  7	Wii Play (Wii)	243,000	--	--
  8	Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360)	224,000	--	--
  9	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)	223,000	--	--
  10	Madden NFL 09 (PS2)	158,000	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$616.09M	$670.00M	-8.05%

Congratulations to noobie for placing first in the month of September 2008 with a 78.30% return. In second place was bashveank followed in second with a 52.15% return. maraya, argon, and ritualMagic closed out the top five with 49.30%, 46.83%, and 35.06% gains respectively.

Check out the complete September rankings.

On the Community League competitions, NeoGAF led with a 3.47% return. Cheap Ass Gamer came in second with a 2.00% return. Evil Avatar came in third with a 0.28% loss.

Monthly Sales Futures for software are returning. There are new rules regarding Monthly Software Futures. If a game does not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title. Games receiving Monthly Sales Futures are suggested by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR). The games selected should have a 95% chance of making the Top 10 each month.

Fable 2 and Fallout 3 will also have Metacritic Futures IPOing the same days as the Monthly Sales Futures.

48 hour period of trading without automated market making to determine the IPO Phase 2 price. Advanced trading mode is required to place orders in IPO Phase 1. After IPO Phase 1, the futures contracts will enter IPO Phase 2 in which the bid and ask prices will be fixed all day.

• October Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company
  10/8	10/10	Fable 2	Xbox 360	MSFT
  10/9	10/11	Dead Space	Xbox 360	EA
  10/10	10/12	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo
  10/11	10/13	LittleBigPlanet	PS3	Sony
  10/12	10/14	Fallout 3	Xbox 360	Bethesda

Monthly console futures for the months of November and December 2008 will IPO this week. Home consoles will debut together, with November home consoles beginning IPO Phase 1 on October 3 and December home consoles beginning IPO Phase 1 on October 5. Portables will begin on October 4 for November and October 6 for December. Total Software Sales for those months will begin IPO Phase 1 with the portables for their respective month.