488:) at the end of May 2012. Nordic Games purchased 55 stores (44 in Sweden and 11 in Norway) and Game's Scandinavian website from the retailer. Nordic and Game agreed a licensing deal that allowed the continued use of the Game brand within Sweden and Norway. In May 2015 the Swedish subsidiary went into administration. During this time Nordic decided to reshuffle the company with no effect as the Swedish subsidiary of the company went into liquidation by June 2015, as a result of this Nordic had to sell all of their stock as soon as possible at half the retail price they were originally listed as. All Swedish and Norwegian locations shut down in the summer of 2015.
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personalities, as well as evening entertainment such as the "World Famous
Insomnia Pub Quiz". Sometimes referred to as "The Glastonbury of Gaming", Insomnia continues to be the biggest festival of its kind in the UK. The first Insomnia: Insomnia99 was a 300-player event. At that point, it was, and remains, the largest LAN party held in the United Kingdom. It was announced during i55 that the festival would relocate to the NEC in Birmingham in time for i56 in December 2015.
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On 14 March 2012, OpCapita made an unsuccessful bid for the company. The business had been in talks with Game's lenders with the aim of buying its debt and settling its bills with suppliers in full. The offer was rejected by Game's lenders. Microsoft and
Activision ceased the supply of their products
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As of 14 May 2023, Game has 240 stores in the United
Kingdom. Game has also re-entered the Irish market as of December 2023, inside of a Sports Direct in Roscommon. Stores traded under the Game and Gamestation brands until the latter was replaced by Game from November 2012. Stores sell games for all
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Australia announced it would also enter administration. On 25 May 2012, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the administrators of Game Australia made 264 staff redundant and closed 60 stores. An expected further round of redundancies and closures was confirmed on 19
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The company's origins lie in the founding of the Rhino Group by Terry Norris and Bev Ripley in 1992. A number of mergers and acquisitions followed during the 1990s, and in 1999, the company was purchased by
Electronics Boutique Limited, which rebranded itself as The Game Group. The company continued
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is a large-scale gaming event ran by Game sub-brand Player1 Events, with a professional Main Stage, an Expo Hall and a large-scale LAN (Local Area
Network) event which is the largest LAN in the UK. Originally this was a PC gaming only event, but in recent years has incorporated console gamers. The
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Boutique stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland were rebranded as Game, and the company name was changed to The Game Group. Despite the name change, a 1% sales royalty to Electronics Boutique in the United States continued to be paid until January 2006. Attempts to have this
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appointed and Ian
Shepherd stepping down as CEO. No administrator was appointed for the stores in Ireland and redundancies were only offered to staff in the United Kingdom, resulting in a continuing protest from Irish staff. 277 of Game's 609 stores in the United Kingdom were closed immediately,
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The company that went on to become Game was founded by Bev Ripley and Terry Norris as Rhino Group in 1992, with stores branded as Future Zone. A year earlier in 1990, a separate company, called Game, was founded by Peter
Wickins and Neil Taylor. Rhino Group acquired Virgin Games Stores from
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Coventry. i56 - present day is being held at the NEC in Birmingham due to its growth and popularity. These events have evolved with professional competitive tournaments and large exhibition halls. Popular segments of the festival include main stage shows by special guests, often YouTube
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In November 1999, Electronics Boutique Limited purchased a chain of retail outlets known as Game, from which the current name of the company was derived, for £99 million. at the time of the takeover Game had 86 stores. In October 2001, Electronics Boutique Limited went on to purchase the
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the following week. Baker Acquisitions was subsequently renamed Game Retail. The company reported a £10.4 million loss for the 12-month period from July 2016 to July 2017 in its full year results. In the corresponding 2015–2016 period, the company had a net profit of £7.1 million.
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series of events, referred to as the ‘iSeries’ are sequentially numbered and run three times a year, typically with one around Easter, with the others usually hosted in August and November. The original events were hosted at
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major video game platforms. Games were also sold under a 'preowned' label, where a customer has returned a used game for cash or credit. The company also operates a transactional website, Game.co.uk.
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for £74 million. The company stated that they intended to retain the brand. On 21 April 2010, Lisa Morgan stepped down as CEO, to be replaced by
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for £52 million. The group have since closed down most of the standalone Game outlets, reopening these as concessions inside nearby
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in November 1993, increasing the total number of stores to 77.
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overturned in court in February 2003 were unsuccessful.
794:. PricewaterhouseCoopers. 26 March 2012. Archived from
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In March 2012, several suppliers, including publishers
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stores, as well as expanding Game's online business.
1837:. scandinaviaretail.se. 19 June 2015. Archived from
445:Game, Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire (closed)
1960:"New GAME will feature 'the best of Gamestation'"
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1729:"GAME Australia lay-offs begin, 60 stores closed"
1015:"Software retailer raises its Game with takeover"
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1705:. Thegamerspad.net. 14 May 2012. Archived from
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1222:"GAME to close Gameplay.co.uk and 35 stores"
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645:"Game agrees to £52m Sports Direct takeover"
2038:"i38 Venue Announced as Newbury Racecourse"
1888:"Game Retail prices IPO at bottom of range"
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701:"GAME leaps on £74m Gamestation buy"
651:from the original on 3 February 2021
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1782:"GAME Australia enters liquidation"
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1275:"Games Wizards sold to UK company"
1202:from the original on 5 August 2017
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850:Katherine Rushton (12 May 2012).
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1302:"Game buys GameStation for £74m"
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1047:. Game Group plc. Archived from
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1472:Yin, Wesley (7 March 2012).
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1192:"Game loses EB royalty case"
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1089:. London. 2 December 1999.
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520:Insomnia Gaming Festival
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502:initial public offering
419:Street Fighter X Tekken
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1986:"Terms and conditions"
1731:. VG247. 25 May 2012.
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326:Electronics Boutique
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1841:on 29 December 2019
1394:The Daily Telegraph
1172:on 15 February 2012
615:. 13 January 2020.
238:retailer, owned by
225:Game Retail Limited
190:Number of employees
161:(Managing Director)
124:Number of locations
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