At the beginning of the week closures of some of the GAME and Gamestation stores was more or less a given thing. It happened rather sudenly with (unsubstantiated) reports that some staff were just turning up and being told they'd been made redundant overnight. 2000 staff were laid off and, looking at the list of stores below, some areas have been hit rather hard.
Our thoughts definitely go out to each of them, and to everybody who will be affected in the coming weeks and months.
Below you can find a full list of stores that have been closed down over the last couple of days. It's been making the rounds on the internet and it seems legit. More Gamestation stores have been saved than expected, with GAME disappearing entirely in some places. It paints the picture of a company not quite as bad off as we expected.
Here's the list:
Abergavenny (Unit 3 Cibi Walk, Frogmore Street)
Accrington 29 Broadway
Aintree Comet
Altrincham 97 George Street
Andover 49 High Street
Antrim Unit 42, Junction One Outlet Centre
Ashford 18 County Square
Ashington 12 Station Road, Ashington
Ashton Unit 28, The Arcade
Athlone Unit 44 Athlone Town Centre
Aylesbury Units 36-37, Friars Sq. Shopping Centre
Ballymena Unit 15 Fairhill Shopping Centre
Banbury 4B Castle Quay Shopping Centre
Bangor NI 9 Bloomfield Centre
Barking Unit 17 Vicarage Fields Shopping
Barnet Unit 10 The Spires Shopping Centre
Barnsley 32 Market Street
Barnstaple 30 High Street
Barrow In Furness Unit 26, Portland Walk
Basildon 84 Town Square
Basingstoke 3 Mayfair House
Bath SU7 St Lawrence Street, Southgate Centre
Beckton 19 Gallions Reach, 3 Armada Way
Belfast Unit 55 Castle Court Shopping Centre
Belfast (Conns) Unit 20, Connswater Centre
Belfast (Forestside) Unit 12, Forestside Shopping Centre, Upper Galway
Birkenhead 35-37 Milton Pavement, Grange Precinct
Birmingham Unit 52, The Pallasades
Birmingham 138 New Street
Birmingham Fort Unit 3a The Fort Shopping Park
Bishop Auckland 59 Newgate Street
Blackburn Unit 7 Victoria Court, The Mall
Blackpool Unit 19, Houndshill Shopping Centre
Blanchardstown Unit 112, Blanchardstown Town Centre
Bluewater LO42 Lower Thames Walk, Bluewater
Bolton 37 Newport Street
Bootle Unit 7, 63 Parkside, Strand Shopping Centre
Boston 23 Strait Bargate
Bournemouth Unit 4, Avenue Centre, Commercial Road
Bournemouth 49 Commercial Street
Bracknell 39 Princess Square
Bradford Unit 2, The Broadway
Bradford 4-6 Darley Street
Brent Cross Unit B15, Brent Cross Shopping Centre
Bridgend 12/14 Adare Street
Bridlington Unit 11 The Promenades
Brighton 69 Western Road
Bristol SU16 Cabots Circus, Broadmead
Bromley 68-68A High Street
Burnley 68/70 St James Street
Burton on Trent 7 Underhill Walk
Bury 20 Princess Parade
Buxton Unit 13, Spring Gardens
Camden 124 Camden High Street
Cannock 6 Market Hall Street
Canterbury 14 High Street
Cardiff 92 Queen Street
Chatham 152 High Street
Cheltenham 100 High Street
Chester 39 Foregate Street
Chesterfield 22 Vicar Lane Shopping Centre (10 Vicar Lane)
Chiswick 350 High Road
Cirencester 26, Cricklade Street
Clacton on Sea 20-22 Station Road
Colchester 3 Shewell Walk, (Unit 13 The Culver Centre)
Coleraine 16 Kingsgate Street
Collierswood Unit 9a Tandem Centre, Christchurch Road
Congleton 45-47 High Street
Cork 6 Mahon Point, Cork
Cork 66 Patrick Street, , Cork, Eire,
Coventry Unit 22, West Orchards Centre, Smithford Way
Cowley 107 Pound Way, Templars Square Shopping Centre
Cramlington 4 Dudley Court
Crawley Unit 8, County Mall
Crawley 10-12 The Martlets
Crewe Unit 7, The Market Centre
Croydon 98/99 Whitgift Centre
Croydon (Purley Way) Comet
Cumbernauld Unit 29, Antonine Shopping Centre, Tryst Road
Dewsbury 12 Longcauseway
Doncaster 43/44 Market Place
Dorchester 55 South Street
Dublin 2 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Eire,
Dublin Unit 18, Ilac Centre, Dublin 1
Dublin (Dundrum) Unit 10, Level 3, Dundrum Centre, Dublin
Dublin (Dundrum) Hamleys Dundrum
Dublin (Liffey) Unit 37, Liffey Valley Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin,
Dudley 7 Churchill Parade
Dudley (Merry Hill) Unit L87, Merry Hill Shopping Centre
Dumbarton 77/79 High Street
Dundee 40 Murraygate
Dunstable 6-8 Nicholas Way, Quadrant Shopping Centre, Dunstable, LU6 1TD
Durham Unit SU40, Land Of The Prince Bishops Shopping Centre
East Ham 111 High Street North
East Kilbride 5 The Olympia, Town Centre
Edinburgh 127 Princes Street
Edinburgh (Leith) Unit RU4, Ocean Terminal
Ellesmere Port 18 Mercers Walk
Enfield 37 Church Street
Enniskillen Unit 23, Erneside Shopping Centre
Evesham Unit 16, Riverside Centre
Exeter SU19 Princeshay
Falkirk Unit 34, Howgate Centre
Fleet 16 Hart Centre
Gainsborough Unit 13b, Marshalls Yard, Gainsborough
Galashiels Unit 8 Douglas Bridge, Galashiels
Galway 5 Eglington Street
Glasgow Unit L3/22 , Buchanan Galleries
Glasgow Hamleys Glasgow
Glasgow 146 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow 83 Sauchiehall Street
Glenrothes 42 Unicorn Way
Gloucester 16 Kings Walk
Grantham 53 High Street
Great Yarmouth Unit 10 Market Gates Shopping Centre
Gretna Unit 53, Gretna Outlet Village
Grimsby 24 Victoria Street West
Halesowen 38 Hagley Mall, Cornbow Centre, Halesowen
Halifax 12 Woolshops
Hanley Unit F, The Potteries, Hanley
Hanley 214-215 The Potteries
Harlow 8 Broad Walk, Harlow
Harrogate 2D Cheltenham Parade
Harrow 68-70 St. Anns Road
Hartlepool 92 Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
Hastings 19 Queens Road
Hemel Hempstead Unit 201, The Marlowes Shopping Centre
Hemel Hempstead Unit 12, The Marlowes Shopping Centre
Hereford 56 Commercial Street
High Wycombe 16 Church Street
Hounslow Unit 13, The Treaty Centre, High Street
Hull Unit G46, Princes Quay
Huyton Unit 5 Cavendish Walk, Derby Road, Huyton
Hyde 8 The Square, Hyde
Ilford 172 – 174 High Road
Inverness 6-8 Ingliss Street
Jarrow 25 Viking Precinct, Jarrow
Kensington 185 High Street
Kettering 27 Gold Street
Kidderminster 82 Worcester Street
Kingston 64-66 Clarence Street
Lakeside Unit 282 Lakeside Shopping Centre
Lancaster Unit 15, Ashton Walk, St. Nicholas Arcade
Leamington Spa 83 Parade
Leeds 50-52 Albion Street
Leeds 18 Kirkgate
Leeds (Birstall) Unit 8b Birstall Shopping Park
