Afterthoughts: Game
Before GAME went into administration, the writing was very clearly on the wall. We had every sign possible that the company wasn’t doing well. Unable to secure credit for EA[...]
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Pre-owned games
Following on from my post yesterday, where I highlighted some of the ongoing issues with retailers in the gaming industry (following on from the collapse of GAME), Silicon Knights’ chief[...]
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The end of brick & mortar?
In the wake of the debacle that is/was GAME’s ultimate demise, the questions being asked thereafter is whether or not this was inevitable in an economic downturn, or perhaps this[...]
GAME gone into administration
The writing has been on the wall for quite a few weeks, but today GAME Group announced it was filing for bankruptcy. In UK terminology, the company has gone into[...]
GAME store closures
This is definitely the final nail in the coffin. GAME has begun sending out letters to its customers notifying them of impending store closures. The struggling high street shop is[...]
GAME: game over.
Updated: GAME has now officially gone into administration. The full details are covered in this post. Likely outcome, in short, is job losses, store closures and financial restructuring with the[...]
GAME trouble
Game group, the UK-based video games retailer have been having a turbulent time recently with falling sales, store closures and share prices taking a hit. It’s gotten worse. Game and[...]