Today marks the end of an era for the GAME Group as we know it, with no buyer in sight and the administrators now officially appointed.
PWC are the administrators that have been brought in to do the job, after the retail group, comprising of GAME and Gamestation stores, removed itself from the London Stock Exchange last week, entering administration in the process.
GAME CEO Ian Shepherd resigned from his position with the Group today, with the administrators taking over his role with immediate effect.
The retail group is now winding down to save on costs, with the game.co.uk website now taken offline and stores beginning to close. Of the 609 GAME and Gamestation stores across the UK, it has been estimated that around 300 will close immediately. All stores across Ireland have been closed today, and the list below shows the latest GAME and Gamestation stores to close their doors. Two of Gadget Helpline’s local stores – Bath and Bristol Cabots Circus – have both gone today, and suffice to say we’re pretty sad to see them go.
For the remainder of the stores, the company has stopped accepting gift vouchers and GAME Reward Points. Refunds and Exchanges have also been stopped for products purchased before or after the administration process.
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Barrow
Basingstoke
Bath Southgate
Birmingham Fort
Birmingham Palisades
Blackburn
Bournemouth Commercial Road
Bridlington
Bristol Cabot Circus
Bromley
Burton-on-Trent
Canterbury
Cardiff Queen Street
Coventry West Orchards
Croydon
Dorchester
Dublin Dundram
Edinburgh Ocean Terminal
Edinburgh Princes Street
Exeter
Falkirk
Galway
Glasgow Buchanan Galleries
Glasgow Sauchiehall Street
Gloucester
Isle of Wight
Liverpool
London Victoria
Manchester Arndale – both stores
Milton Keynes Midsummer Place
Newcastle
Northampton
Norwich
Plymouth New George Street
Portsmouth Cascades
Preston St George’s Centre
Reading Oracle
Sheffield
Sittingbourne
Slough
Stevenage
Stirling
Stockton on Tees Wellington Square
Telford – both stores
Weston Super Mare
York
Gamestation
Birmingham New Street
Bournemouth
Brighton
Bromley
Cannock
Cheltenham
Coventry
Cumbernauld
Dumbarton
Enfield
Gainsborough
Glasgow Sauchiehall Street
Great Yarmouth
Halesowen
Harlow
Hartlepool
Hastings
High Wycombe
Hyde
Ilford
Kettering
Leamington
Leicester
Liverpool
Llaneli
Long Eaton
Norwich
Nuneaton
Perth
Salisbury
Shrewsbury
Skelmersdale
Southampton
Stafford
Stevenage
Stockton on Tees High Street
Sunderland
Sutton
Taunton
Walsall
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Via: MCV