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"GAME and GameStation have reportedly closed over a third of their stores after entering administration this morning. The GAME Group has shut the doors of 277 of its 609 shops in the UK and Ireland, laying off around 40% of its workforce - roughly 2,104 employees, MCV writes. GAME CEO Ian Shepherd earlier resigned from his role   &amp;gt; Everything Must Go: Is this the death of games retail? - Feature Despite the amount of closures, administrator PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) is still confident that the sale of the company can be managed. RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland), which stalled on a bid last week, is apparently keen to buy the business while in administration at a lower cost. GAME Group announced its intentions to file for administration following the firm&amp;#039;s delisting from the London Stock Exchange. Has your local GAME or GameStation store ceased trading? Let us know by leaving a comment below: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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