- UK retailer Game is closing the last of its stores and will now operate as concessions in 200+ Sports Direct and House of Fraser stores
- This comes after the Frasers Group-owned company entered administration last month
- Managing director Nick Arran is also stepping down from the company after nine years
UK retailer Game is officially closing the rest of its standalone stores after entering administration at the end of January as chief executive Nick Arran steps down after nine years.
Last week it was reported (via The Business Desk) that the Frasers Group-owned company had filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators (NOI) through law firm RPC, giving it a 10-day protection from creditor action while it considers the next steps for its UK operations.
The filing came after the company reduced its physical footprint following a series of store closures last year, with six outlets closing by August 2025, following the company’s major downsizing plan first announced in 2020 to reduce the network by 30 stores.
Now, according to a report from The Game Business (via VGC ), the long-running video game retail chain has decided to close its three remaining stores, ending its standalone business.
The Games online store will continue to stock products such as hardware, accessories and software, but the store will only operate as concessions within 200+ Sports Direct and House of Fraser stores across the UK.
After taking charge of the chain in 2020, it was also confirmed that Nick Arran is leaving the company after nine years.
The former CEO spoke GamesIndustry.biz in 2023, stating at the time that the retailer was moving away from the gaming business to focus on selling other products, such as toys.
“Gaming is our core business and we want to be the last man to sell physical video games,” Arran said.
“We see our place in the market as proof that there’s room for physical, whether it’s collector’s editions, which we see as video game vinyl, or married people who don’t want to wrap a download code for Christmas. But we have to be realistic. We have a business to run, and the expectation is that this will fall. So we have to fill that gap.”
The retailer has been slowly moving away from its standalone stores for a few years now, but not before entering administration for the first time in 20212, closing 300 stores before being bought by Frasers Group in 2019.
In April 2024, staff were made redundant and moved to zero-hours contracts after it stopped all trade-ins in its stores to phase out its second-hand stock.
The following month, Game announced that it was discontinuing its Xbox All Access offering and permanently shutting down its rewards scheme and Elite membership tier.
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