When people shop for their video games, they’re doing it the most at Wal-Mart according to the results of IGN’s recent Are You Game? study. The house that Sam Walton built finished with a semi-convincing lead at 62 percent, followed by Best Buy in second place at 54 percent. The only gaming-specific retailer, GameStop/EB Games, [...]

GameStop will be offering additional bonuses to sports gamers throughout the 2009 gaming season if an image from a recently released survey is to be believed. Dubbed the GameStop Season Pass, the free voucher/card will provide you with 10% off all sports games (listed in the flyer above) that come out in the next year. [...]

GameStop announced this morning that they have reached an agreement to acquire Micromania, France’s leading video game retailer. In the deal, GameStop will acquire the chain’s 332 stores in the country, giving the company a presence in France they didn’t have before.
“As we have accelerated our growth in Europe over the years, we have kept [...]

It’s the third holiday season for the Wii. Working retail, I can assure you the first year was hell on Earth. Christmas usually is for retail employees, but when you have an item properly marketed that kids can’t live without, you’re screwed. Come to think of it, year two wasn’t much better in terms of [...]

Have you ever been in a GameStop and wondered exactly how they’re making such a cleaning in the gaming retail sector? Why their employees push you so hard to buy that used game? Why that game you thought you bought was new, but instead a refurbished one?
A former employee (and a very disgruntled one at [...]

GameStop reported their sales and earnings for the second quarter of the year this morning. Overall, net earnings were $1,804 million, an increase from $1,338 million the previous year. The top five games for the retail outlet during the quarter were Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, NCAA Football [...]

GameStop announced this morning that they have agreed to purchase independent New Zealand game retailer The Gamesman. Once the deal is completed, the eight stores will be converted to the GameStop EB/Games brand and expand the chain’s presence in the area to 38 stores, adding up to 308 for the entire Austrailia/New Zealand area.
“We are [...]

GameStop will retain Stanton Crenshaw Communications as their PR firm and will engage them as an agency of record, as confirmed by the company this morning.

“The partnership is an excellent fit for both parties as it capitalizes on Stanton Crenshaw’s experience in building brands and also leverages our knowledge of the video game industry. We [...]

If Ryu ever crossed paths with Kimbo Slice, who do you think would come out on top? While one may never find out the answer to that question, the two entities will indeed meet (indirectly, at least), as Capcom announced this afternoon that the first commercial for Street Fighter IV will debut this Saturday during [...]

Thanks in part to the huge success of titles like Grand Theft Auto IV and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, GameStop reported a net earnings increase of 151% for the first quarter of 2008 according to sales figures released by the company.
Total sales increased to $1,813.6 million in the first quarter, up from $1,279 in the [...]