• US Hardware in August 2008

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo DS	518,300	601,400	-13.82%
  Nintendo Wii	453,000	535,100	-15.34%
  PlayStation Portable	253,000	226,000	+11.95%
  Xbox 360	195,200	201,000	-2.89%
  PLAYSTATION 3	185,400	224,600	-17.45%
  Total Hardware Units	1,604,900	1,788,100	-10.25%

• US Software in August 2008

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360)	1,000,000	--	--
  2	Madden NFL 09 (PS3)	643,000	--	--
  3	Madden NFL 09 (PS2)	424,500	--	--
  4	Wii Fit (Wii)	394,900	--	--
  5	Mario Kart (Wii)	328,700	--	--
  6	Wii Play (Wii)	200,200	--	--
  7	Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)	174,000	--	--
  8	Too Human (Xbox 360)	168,200	--	--
  9	Madden NFL 09 (Wii)	115,800	--	--
  10	Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS)	111,200	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$550.67M	$632.3M	-12.91%

Congratulations to sasquatchxing for placing first in the month of August 2008 with a 73.69% return. In second place was noobie followed in second with a 54.69% return. kuroi_kaen, radio_babylon, and mcedzik closed out the top five with 49.22%, 48.89%, and 48.82% gains respectively.

Check out the complete August rankings.

On the Community League competitions, NeoGAF led with a 3.80% return. Cheap Ass Gamer came in second with a 3.13% return. Evil Avatar came in third with a 2.68% return.

In the past several weeks, we have listed a great number of new games for trading. We will be taking a break this week to consolidate the games we are predicting.

The following stocks are candidates for delisting. These stocks were chosen for delisting due to inactivity in the stock and/or lack of discussion for an extended period of time. Delisting stocks is necessary to unlock DKP for trading and concentrate DKP in the stocks people are trading.

All shares will cash out at the last traded price. This price is determined as the fair value as the market has not viewed the price as undervalued or overvalued for some time. These stocks will no longer appear when browsing the genres and platforms pages. You will still be able to view the stocks' pages by searching for the games.

If you feel any of the following should not be delisted due to an upcoming event (such as the game has not yet been released in all regions), please make a case and post in this forum by 11PM on Wednesday, August 20. A stock price that you are not happy with is not grounds for continued listing.

Final delisting list:

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (DS)
Army of Two (PS3)
Assassin's Creed (PS3)
Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)
Battalion Wars 2 (Wii)
Big Brain Academy (Wii)
BioShock (Xbox 360)
Brain Age 2 (DS)
Bully: Scholarship Edition (Wii)
Bully: Scholarship Edition (Xbox 360)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC)
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 (PSP)
Crysis (PC)
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (Wii)
Devil May Cry 4 (PC)
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Wii)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PS3)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Xbox 360)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC)
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of The Lions (PSP)
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360)
God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3)
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (Xbox 360)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Hellgate: London (PC)
Lair (PS3)
Madden NFL 08 (PS3)
Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360)
Manhunt 2 (Wii)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Xbox 360)
Nights: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
No More Heroes (Wii)
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii)
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Wii)
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)
Supreme Commander (PC)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PS3)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360)
Turok (Xbox 360)
Turok (PS3)
Unreal Tournament 3 (PC)
WipEout Pulse (PSP)

• US Hardware in July 2008

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo DS	608,400	661,000	-7.96%
  Nintendo Wii	555,000	620,000	-10.48%
  PLAYSTATION 3	224,900	252,000	-13.54%
  PlayStation Portable	221,700	266,000	-16.65%
  Xbox 360	204,800	300,000	-31.73%
  Total Hardware Units	1,814,800	2,099,000	-13.54%

• US Software in July 2008

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	NCAA Football 09 (Xbox 360)	397,600	--	--
  2	Wii Fit (Wii)	369,600	--	--
  3	Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS)	309,700	--	--
  4	Wii Play (Wii)	284,000	--	--
  5	NCAA Football 09 (PS3)	242,500	--	--
  6	Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)	218,900	--	--
  7	Mario Kart (Wii)	174,500	--	--
  8	Rock Band (Wii)	165,800	--	--
  9	Soul Calibur IV (PS3)	155,800	--	--
  10	Sid Meier's Civilizaiton Revolution (Xbox 360)	147,600	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$591.1M	$627.8M	-5.85%

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
  8/11	8/13	Rock Band 2	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	TheTimeRanger
  8/11	8/13	Rock Band 2	PS3	Electronic Arts	TheTimeRanger
  8/11	8/13	Rock Band 2	Wii	Electronic Arts	lstormy10
  8/12	8/14	Tales of Symphonia: Ratatoskr no Kishi	Wii	Namco Bandai	Joe80
  8/13	8/15	Call of Duty: World at War	Xbox 360	Activision Blizzard	TheTimeRanger, Joe80
  8/13	8/15	Call of Duty: World at War	PS3	Activision Blizzard	kspraydad
  8/13	8/15	Call of Duty: World at War	Wii	Activision Blizzard	Just_Ben
  8/14	8/16	Bionic Commando	Xbox 360	Capcom	Just_Ben
  8/15	8/17	Infamous	PS3	Sony	Refreshment

Congratulations to oznerol for placing first in the month of July 2008 with a 151.40% return. In second place was necron101 followed in second with a 104.72% return. mrahaju, imajin, and Kentor closed out the top five with 70.74%, 61.65%, and 57.90% gains respectively.

Check out the complete July rankings.

On the Community League competitions, Cheap Ass Gamer led with a 3.71% return. NeoGAF came in second with a 3.42% return. Evil Avatar came in third with a 3.37% return.

Due to the increasing volatility on the exchange, we are limiting the amount of leverage you can gain through raising cash through short-selling. Player's available margin to buy will be reduced to 0 DKP if the available margin to short is reduced below 250,000 DKP. We will adjust this margin requirement as necessary.

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
  8/4	8/6	Ghostbusters: The Video Game	Xbox 360	Sierra	feelmyring
  8/4	8/6	Ghostbusters: The Video Game	PS3	Sierra	CrAZZyYmAn
  8/4	8/6	Ghostbusters: The Video Game	Wii	Sierra	CrAZZyYmAn
  8/5	8/7	The Agency	PS3	Sony	WolverineZac
  8/6	8/8	Final Fantasy: Dissidia	PSP	Square Enix	kspraydad
  8/7	8/9	Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe	Xbox 360	Midway	sagexsdx
  8/7	8/9	Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe	PS3	Midway	kspraydad
  8/8	8/10	Mirror's Edge	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	sagexsdx
  8/8	8/10	Mirror's Edge	PS3	Electronic Arts	sagexsdx

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
  7/28	7/30	Tales of Vesperia	Xbox 360	Namco	ixaarii
  7/29	7/31	Golden Axe	Xbox 360	Sega	Joe80
  7/30	8/1	Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen	DS	Square Enix	apujanata
  7/31	8/2	Samba De Amigo	Wii	Sega	deftangel
  8/1	8/3	Star Ocean: The First Departure	PSP	Square Enix	cerdsmania

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
  7/21	7/23	The Conduit	Wii	High Voltage	lstormy
  7/22	7/24	Brütal Legend	Xbox 360	Sierra	royalfool
  7/23	7/25	Super Mario Sluggers	Wii	Nintendo	apujanata, Just_Ben
  7/24	7/26	Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise	Xbox 360	Microsoft Game Studios	deftangel
  7/25	7/27	Disgaea 3	PS3	Nippon Ichi	Makidian