The closures are not completely unexpected. In its third-quarter earnings report on December 9, GameStop said it had already closed 590 stores in the United States during the previous fiscal year as part of a "store portfolio optimization review.†In a December filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the retailer reiterated its plan to shutter a "significant number of additional stores†during its 2025 fiscal year. GameStop's fiscal year ends on January 31, 2026. The video game retailer is c ...