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Gamestop takes 49 stores in Norway

The latest move in its game of videogames retail Risk, US firm Gamestop has acquired 49 shops in Norway:

Purchasing 100 percent of the outstanding share capital of local chain Free Record Shop, the stores will now be branded as GameStop outlets as the company increases its store count to 160 locations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

"We are pleased to have worked with Hans Breukhoven and his entire management team at Free Record Shop to complete this acquisition," offered R. Richard Fontaine, CEO of GameStop.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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