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Today, I wish to look at one company which for many evokes an extreme sense of nostalgia, bittersweetness and formative memories – but for others, is a relic of a dying age. This is an ode to the UK’s most prominent – yet soon to be deceased – retailer of our collective favourite past-time: GAME...

Just last week, we reported on the unfortunate news that the leading UK video games retailer ‘GAME UK’ would no longer be accepting in-store pre-orders in what was the latest in a long string of downsizing strategies. It seems the retailer is set to further dismantle itself piece-by-piece, with the …

Over the past year or so, we have seen the leading UK video games retailer GAME UK pull back on many of its previously-offered services, reducing the company’s scope drastically. Following the ending of its Reward program and trade-in services, GAME is now set to stop accepting pre-orders...

For the past many years we have seen the relevance of physical gaming retailers fall further and further as digital adoption has exploded in popularity. The UK’s biggest video game retailer ‘GAME’ has not been spared in all this, with many of its retail locations shutting down. Now, the company’s …

For many, a staple part of their childhood gaming habits would have been to trade in older games in order to buy the latest and greatest new releases. With the rise of digital media, we have seen retailers cut back on their in-person presence. One way in which UK retailer …