- British retailer Game is closing the last of its stores and will now operate as a concession in more than 200 Sports Direct and House of Fraser stores
- It comes after the Frasers Group-owned business entered administration last month.
- Managing director Nick Arran is also leaving the company after nine years.
British retailer Game is officially closing the remainder of its standalone stores, after being placed into administration at the end of January, with chief executive Nick Arran stepping 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, granting it 10 days of protection from creditor actions while it considers next steps for its UK operations.
The filing comes after the company reduced its physical footprint following a series of store closures last year, which resulted in the closure of six outlets in August 2025, following its major downsizing plan first announced in 2020 aimed at reducing 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, effectively ending its standalone business.
Game’s online store will continue to sell products such as hardware, accessories and software, but the store will only operate as concessions within more than 200 Sports Direct and House of Fraser stores across the UK.
After taking over as CEO of the channel in 2020, it was also confirmed that Nick Arran would be leaving the company after nine years.
The former general manager spoke with GamesIndustry.biz in 2023, stating at the time that the retailer was moving away from the games business to focus on selling other products, like toys.
“Gaming is our core business and we will be the last to sell physical video games,” Arran said.
“We see our place in the market as proof that there is a place for the physical, whether it’s collector’s editions, which we think of as the vinyl of video games, or the gifter who doesn’t want to wrap a download code for Christmas. But we have to be realistic. We have a business to run and we expect it to decline. 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, which saw the closure of 300 stores before being bought by Frasers Group in 2019.
In April 2024, staff were furloughed and moved to zero-hours contracts after halting all trading in its stores to phase out its second-hand stock.
The following month, Game announced that it was ending its Xbox All Access offering and permanently shutting down its rewards program and Elite membership tier.
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