With the latest numbers from NPD finally in for the month of October, the console race is once again in full swing as it gets ready for its holiday storm of releases. Overall, last month was a very productive month for game publishers as revenues hit an astounding US$ 1.1 billion.

While Bungie Studios' Halo 3 is still topping the software sales charts, Harmonix's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has grabbed four slots in the top ten list on its various console releases. Guitar Hero III sold a combined number of 1.4 million copies across the PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and Wii.

On the console side, Nintendo is now in the lead as it has dominated hardware sales with the Wii and DS selling 519,000 units and 480,000 units respectively. The Xbox 360 takes third place with 366,000 units sold.

Unfortunately for Sony fans, the PlayStation 3 is lagging behind once again with only 121,000 units sold to its name. Anyway, here's the list of the top 10 software sales for the month of October:

1. Halo 3 [all editions] (X360, Bungie, Microsoft) 434,000 units
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (X360, Neversoft, Activision) 383,000 units
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Wii, Vicarious Visions, Activision) 286,000 units
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (PS2, Budcat, Activision) 271,000 units
5. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo) 263,000 units
6. Wii Play with Wii Remote (Wii, Nintendo) 240,000 units
7. The Orange Box (X360, Valve, EA) 238,000 units
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2, Budcat, Activision) 232,000 units
9. FIFA 08 (PS2, EA Canada, EA) 130,000 units
10. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (NDS, Nintendo) 117,000 units