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.

Spore (PC), Final Fantasy XIII (PS3), and Gran Turismo (PS3) will also have Metacritic Futures IPOing this week.

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
  6/30	7/2	Wipeout HD	PS3	Sony Computer Entertainment	Joe80
  7/1	7/3	Borderlands	Xbox 360	Take Two	Makidian
  7/1	7/3	Borderlands	PS3	Take Two	Makidian
  7/2	7/4	Guitar Hero World Tour	PS3	Activision	kspraydad
  7/2	7/4	Guitar Hero World Tour	Xbox 360	Activision	Just_Ben
  7/2	7/4	Guitar Hero World Tour	Wii	Activision	lstormy10
  7/3	7/5	Viva Pinata DS	DS	Microsoft Game Studios	Starless
  7/4	7/6	Diablo 3	PC	Blizzard	feelmyring

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
  6/23	6/25	Prototype	Xbox 360	Sierra Entertainment	justcrim
  6/23	6/25	Prototype	PS3	Sierra Entertainment	justcrim
  6/24	6/26	Far Cry 2	PC	Electronic Arts	Gaara42
  6/25	6/27	Heavy Rain	PS3	Atari	funtownarcade
  6/26	6/28	Fracture	Xbox 360	Lucasarts	lapperscrapper
  6/26	6/28	Fracture	PS3	Lucasarts	lapperscrapper
  6/27	6/29	LEGO Batman	Wii	Warner Bros Interactive	Gaara42
  6/27	6/29	LEGO Batman	PS3	Warner Bros Interactive	Jonman
  6/27	6/29	LEGO Batman	Xbox 360	Warner Bros Interactive	Jonman

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
  6/16	6/18	Facebreaker	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	sagexsdx
  6/16	6/18	Facebreaker	PS3	Electronic Arts	sagexsdx
  6/16	6/18	Facebreaker	Wii	Electronic Arts	sagexsdx
  6/17	6/19	Silent Hill 5	Xbox 360	Konami	Joe80
  6/17	6/19	Silent Hill 5	PS3	Konami	Joe80
  6/18	6/20	Tekken 6	PS3	Namco	zukaus
  6/19	6/21	Street Fighter IV	Xbox 360	Capcom	NeoZero
  6/19	6/21	Street Fighter IV	PS3	Capcom	Joe80
  6/20	6/22	Elite Beat Agents 2	DS	Nintendo	Joe80

• US Hardware in May 2008

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo Wii	675,100	722,300	-6.53%
  Nintendo DS	452,600	504,500	-10.29%
  PLAYSTATION 3	208,700	218,900	-4.66%
  Xbox 360	186,600	227,100	-17.83%
  PlayStation Portable	182,300	210,500	-13.4%
  Total Hardware Units	1,705,300	1,883,300	-9.45%

• US Software in May 2008

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)	871,300	1,097,600	-20.62%
  2	Mario Kart (Wii)	787,400	853,800	-7.78%
  3	Wii Fit (Wii)	687,700	1,002,300	-31.39%
  4	Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)	442,900	577,300	+19.12%
  5	Wii Play (Wii)	294,600	--	--
  6	Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)	171,100	247,500	-30.87%
  7	Iron Man (PS2)	130,600	--	--
  8	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii)	116,800	--	--
  9	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness	107,000	--	--
  10	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time	102,000	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$536.9M	$702.4M	-23.56%

Monthly Sales Futures 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.

• June Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company
  6/13	6/15	Grand Theft Auto 4	Xbox 360	TTWO
  6/13	6/15	Grand Theft Auto 4	PS3	TTWO
  6/14	6/16	Wii Fit	Wii	NTDOY
  6/14	6/16	Mario Kart	Wii	NTDOY
  6/15	6/17	Metal Gear Solid 4	PS3	Konami

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
  6/09	6/11	Final Fantasy Versus XIII	PS3	Square Enix	Tondog
  6/10	6/12	Dead Space	PS3	ERTS	kspraydad
  6/10	6/12	Dead Space	Xbox 360	ERTS	Joe80
  6/11	6/13	Infinite Undiscovery	Xbox 360	MSFT	Joe80
  6/12	6/14	SOCOM: Confrontation	PS3	SNE	Gaara42
  6/13	6/15	Left 4 Dead	Xbox 360	Turtle Rock	Jayen
  6/13	6/15	Left 4 Dead	PC	Turtle Rock	Jayen

Congratulations to Sokrates for placing first in the month of May 2008 with a 95.51% return. In second place was catkain followed in second with a 92.30% return. Satertek, Roffenn, and Rol83 closed out the top five again with 81.60%, 83.42%, and 79.09% gains respectively.

Check out the complete May rankings.

On the Community League competitions, Cheap Ass Gamer led with a 5.66% return. Evil Avatar came in second with a 4.86% return. NeoGAF came in third with a 4.86% return.

Console Futures for July and August 2008 will make their debut this week. Futures for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo Wii will begin Phase 1 IPO on May 28 for July Sales and on May 30 for August Sales. Futures for the Nintendo DS and the PSP will begin Phase 1 IPO on May 29 for July Sales and on May 31 for August Sales. Total Software Sales futures will also debut on May 29 for July and May 31 for August.

Remember, each future 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.

The problem concerning players spamming bids on content and comments has been growing as of late. Abusing the bidding system is strictly prohibited. We have now instituted a new system that will automatically disable a player's ability to bid if they are caught spamming. All spam bids made by the player are automatically rolled back. Do not continue to spam bids or your ability to bid will be disabled permanently.

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.

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
  5/17	5/19	Battlefield: Bad Company	Xbox 360	ERTS	jayen
  5/17	5/19	Battlefield: Bad Company	PS3	ERTS	jayen
  5/18	5/20	Alone In The Dark	Xbox 360	Atari	royalfool
  5/19	5/21	Final Fantasy IV DS	DS	Square Enix	Bungalow_Bob
  5/20	5/22	Saints Row 2	Xbox 360	THQ	Joe80
  5/20	5/22	Saints Row 2	PS3	THQ	Joe80
  5/21	5/23	The Last Remnant	PS3	Square Enix	Joe80
  5/21	5/23	The Last Remnant	Xbox 360	Square Enix	Joe80
  5/22	5/24	de Blob	Wii	THQ	Inspecta
  5/23	5/25	Resistance: Fall of Man 2	PS3	Sony	kspraydad