Editing GameStop (section)

====Acquisitions====
* In 2005, GameStop acquired [[EB Games]] (formerly Electronics Boutique) for $1.44 billion. This expanded GameStop's operations into Australia, Canada, Europe and New Zealand. GameStop's operations expanded to over 4,250 stores worldwide as a result of the acquisition.<ref name="ebgames">{{cite press release|url=https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-and-electronics-boutique-stockholders-approve-merger|title=GameStop and Electronics Boutique Stockholders Approve Merger; Strategic Acquisition Positions GameStop as a Leading Global Video Game Retailer|publisher=GameStop|date=6 October 2005|access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> 
* In 2007, GameStop acquired Rhino Video Games, who operated 70 video game stores throughout the [[Southeastern United States]], from [[Blockbuster (retailer)|Blockbuster]] for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/PRN-Blockbuster-Reaches-Agreement-to-Sell-Rhino-1576798.php |title=Blockbuster Reaches Agreement to Sell Rhino Video Games to GameStop |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |via=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=January 5, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ransom-Wiley |first=J. |date=January 8, 2007 |title=Confirmed: Rhino sold to GameStop |work=[[Engadget]] |url=https://www.engadget.com/2007-01-08-confirmed-rhino-sold-to-gamestop.html}}</ref> 
* In April 2008, GameStop acquired [[Free Record Shop]]'s 49 Norwegian stores.<ref name="freerecord">{{cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-to-acquire-norways-free-record-shop | title=GameStop to acquire Norway's Free Record Shop | first=Michael | last=Kitchen | work=[[MarketWatch]] | date=March 31, 2008 | url-access=limited}}</ref> 
* In October 2008, GameStop acquired [[Micromania (video game retailer)|Micromania]], a French video-game retailer, for $700 million.<ref name="micromania_1">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2008/10/gamestop-acquir/ | title=GameStop Acquires French Retailer Micromania | first=Jean | last=Snow | magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date=October 2, 2008}}</ref><ref name="micromania_2">{{cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-to-buy-french-game-retailer-micromania | title=GameStop to buy French video game retailer | first=Dan | last=Gallagher | work=[[MarketWatch]] | date=October 1, 2008 | url-access=limited}}</ref> GameStop, which had previously owned no stores in France, now had 332 French video-game stores.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122286055191593939 | title=GameStop to Buy French Videogame Retailer | first=Kerry E. | last=Grace | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=October 1, 2008 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* In November 2009, it acquired a majority stake in [[Jolt Online Gaming]], an Irish [[browser game]] studio.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/gamestop-acquires-stake-in-jolt-online | title=GameStop acquires stake in JOLT Online | first=John | last=Kennedy | work=[[Silicon Republic]] | date=November 9, 2009}}</ref> Jolt closed in 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.businesspost.ie/legacy/collins-sells-stake-in-jolt-games-cf77164b | title=Collins sells stake in Jolt games | first=Ian | last=Kehoe | work=[[Business Post]] | date=November 8, 2009 | access-date=April 20, 2021 | archive-date=April 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420144927/https://www.businesspost.ie/legacy/collins-sells-stake-in-jolt-games-cf77164b | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 2010, GameStop acquired [[Kongregate]], a [[San Francisco]]–based website for browser-based games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wingfield |first=Nick |date=July 28, 2010 |title=GameStop to Acquire Online Distributor |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703292704575393484261263498 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 2010 |title=GameStop Acquires Social Gaming Site Kongregate |work=[[TechCrunch]] |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/27/gamestop-kongregate/}}</ref> In 2017, it was sold for $55 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=June 20, 2017 |title=MTG buys GameStop's mobile game publisher Kongregate for $55 million |work=[[VentureBeat]] |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/20/mtg-buys-gamestops-mobile-game-publisher-kongregate-for-55-million/}}</ref>
* In 2011, GameStop acquired Spawn Labs and [[Impulse (software)|Impulse]] in separate transactions.<ref name="spawnimpulse">{{cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110331006835/en/GameStop-Announces-Acquisition-of-Spawn-Labs-and-Agreement-to-Acquire-Impulse-Inc. |title=GameStop Announces Acquisition of Spawn Labs and Agreement to Acquire Impulse, Inc. |publisher=[[Business Wire]] |date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=David |date=April 1, 2011 |title=GameStop to acquire Stardock's Impulse download service |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-04-01-gamestop-to-acquire-stardocks-impulse-download-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202185232/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-04-01-gamestop-to-acquire-stardocks-impulse-download-service |archive-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref> Spawn Labs was a developer of technology that allowed users to play video games that were run remotely on machines in data centers rather than their personal computer or console. Impulse was a [[digital distribution]] and [[multiplayer video game]] platform acquired from Stardock, and renamed GameStop PC Downloads. Under the ownership of GameStop, the service was redesigned and sold games that use other platforms such as Steam while also selling games that use its own proprietary DRM solution, Impulse:Reactor.<ref name="spawnimpulse" /> GameStop shut down both PC Downloads and Spawn Labs in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grubb |first=Jeff |date=March 27, 2014 |title=GameStop closes its game-streaming division — will focus on PlayStation Now |work=[[VentureBeat]] |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/gamestop-closes-its-game-streaming-division-will-focus-on-playstation-now/}}</ref>
* In 2012, GameStop acquired [[BuyMyTronics.com|BuyMyTronics]], a [[Denver]]-based online market place for consumer electronics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Abril |first=Danielle |date=August 16, 2013 |title=How DFW's new Apple retailer could help GameStop grow |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2013/08/16/how-dfws-new-apple-retailer-could.html}}</ref>
* In October 2012, GameStop acquired a 49.9% ownership interest in Simply Mac, a [[Salt Lake City]]–based [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] authorized reseller and repairer founded in 2006. GameStop acquired the remaining 50.1% of ownership in November 2013. GameStop tried to target areas for potential new Simply Mac locations in smaller markets that did not have an existing [[Apple Store]] within a reasonable driving distance.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marum |first=Anna |date=April 9, 2015 |title=GameStop's Simply Mac buys The Mac Store in continued expansion effort |work=[[The Oregonian]] |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/window-shop/2015/04/gamestops_simply_mac_buys_the.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111000340/https://www.oregonlive.com/window-shop/index.ssf/2015/04/gamestops_simply_mac_buys_the.html |archive-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 16, 2013 |title=GameStop-owned Simply Mac goes where Apple stores won't |work=[[Dallas Morning News]] |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2013/08/16/gamestop-owned-simply-mac-goes-where-apple-stores-wont |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412221622/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2013/08/16/gamestop-owned-simply-mac-goes-where-apple-stores-wont |archive-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=KASKOVICH |first=STEVE |date=April 22, 2014 |title=GameStop to ramp up expansion of wireless, Apple product stores |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article3854841.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413030310/https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article3854841.html |archive-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref> In January 2017, GameStop closed many Simply Mac locations. The chain had as many as 70 locations at the time of the announcement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Chance |date=January 19, 2017 |title=Apple Authorized Reseller Simply Mac closing multiple locations around the United States this month |work=[[9to5Mac]] |url=https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/19/apple-authorized-reseller-simply-mac-closing-multiple-locations-around-the-united-states-this-month/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 19, 2017 |title=Simply Mac stores closing amid apparent corporate restructuring |work=[[AppleInsider]] |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/01/19/simply-mac-stores-closing-amid-apparent-corporate-restructuring- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126071936/https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/01/19/simply-mac-stores-closing-amid-apparent-corporate-restructuring- |archive-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, GameStop divested Simply Mac; at that time it had 43 stores.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cool-holdings-to-buy-simply-mac-from-gamestop-as-it-executes-expansion-plans-300847565.html |title=Cool Holdings to Buy Simply Mac from GameStop As It Executes Expansion Plans |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |date=May 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Arrojas |first=Matthew |date=January 23, 2020 |title=South Florida company owes GameStop millions after missing payment on an acquisition deal |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2020/01/23/cool-holdings-owes-gamestop.html}}</ref>
* In November 2013, GameStop acquired Spring Mobile, a [[Salt Lake City]]–based retailer of [[AT&T]]-branded wireless services.<ref>{{cite news |last=Abril |first=Danielle |date=July 16, 2014 |title=GameStop acquires 19 stores for Spring Mobile expansion |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/07/16/gamestop-acquires-19-stores-for-spring-mobile.html}}</ref> 
* It acquired 163 RadioShack locations in February 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hals |first=Tom |date=February 26, 2015 |title=GameStop Nabs 163 RadioShack Leases for Spring Mobile Push |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/radioshack-bankruptcy-gamestop/gamestop-nabs-163-radioshack-leases-for-spring-mobile-push-idUSL1N0W03HT20150226 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231058/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N0W03HT20150226 |archive-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> 
* In July 2015, GameStop acquired [[Geeknet]].<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-completes-acquisition-geeknet |title=GameStop Completes Acquisition of Geeknet |publisher=GameStop |date=July 17, 2015}}</ref>  
* On August 3, 2016, GameStop acquired 507 AT&T store chains in plans to diversify into new businesses and less dependent on the video game market.<ref>{{cite news |last=Palmeri |first=Christopher |date=August 2, 2016 |title=GameStop Acquires 507 AT&T Stores in Diversification Plan |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-02/gamestop-buys-507-at-t-wireless-stores-in-diversification-effort |url-access=subscription}}</ref>