A popular gaming store across the country is closing multiple locations, including a number in Connecticut.
GameStop announced closings at the following stores:
- Enfield at 90 Elm St. at the Enfield Square Mall is already closed.
- Stratford at 411 Barnum Ave. at Stratford Square Shopping Center is already closed.
- Lisbon at 157 River Road at Lisbon Landing is already closed.
- Newington at 2997 Berlin Turnpike is closing on Jan. 15.
- Waterbury at 495 Union St. at Brass Mill Center is already closed.
Listed as the “world’s retail gaming & trade-in destination for games, systems, consoles & accessories,” the chain has seen quite a few closings in Connecticut and across the country. Their last round of closings was in 2025.
GameStop started in Dallas 45 years ago as a shop called Babbage’s with the help of local businessman Ross Perot, an early investor in the retailer,” the Dallas Morning News reported. The shop found success selling games, accessories and consoles for the Atari 2600. The release of the Nintendo Entertainment System later in the decade was a catalyst for a major video game sales boom. After Babbage’s was acquired a handful of times and became a subsidiary of Barnes and Noble Booksellers, it was renamed GameStop in 2000, the Morning News reported.
The company, which has thousands of sites, has been shuttering locations. During fiscal 2024, GameStop initiated a review identifying shops for closure — “based on many factors, including an evaluation of current market conditions and individual store performance,” the company said in a regulatory filing.
The review, among other things, brought on the closure of 590 stores in the U.S. in fiscal 2024.
“We anticipate closing a significant number of additional stores in fiscal 2025,” the company said in the filing.
Reporting by the Dallas Morning News is included.