Video game retailer GAME has confirmed all of its remaining standalone stores will close from April 2026
A major high street brand is shutting down all of its standalone stores. GAME has announced all three of its remaining stores will close their doors from April 2026.
The GAME website will carry on trading as normal, and the company will keep its presence on the high street through concession stands in Sports Direct and House of Fraser outlets, currently boasting over 200 locations. This follows GAME filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators earlier this year.
GAME has been scaling back for several years, shutting shops as leases expire, and last year it closed down its Basingstoke headquarters. Stay in the know by making sure you’re receiving our daily newsletter
The final stores that will be closing are in Dudley, Lancaster and Sutton.
In a 2023 interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the chain’s Managing Director, Nick Arran, rejected suggestions that the firm was shifting away from its gaming business to concentrate on other products like toys.
“Gaming is our core business, and we will be the last man standing selling physical video games,” he said, reports the Mirror.
“We see our place in the market as proving that there is a place for physical, whether that be the collector’s editions, which we see as the vinyl of video games, or the gifter who doesn’t want to wrap up a download code for Christmas. But we need to be realistic. We have a business to run, and the expectation is that this will decline. So we need to fill that gap.”
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