Irish unit of GameStop posted €7.7m loss before onset of Covid crisis 

Seller of the Fifa and Call of Duty games posted a 26% fall in revenues to €36.8m in the 12 months to the end of February last year

GameStop experienced a reduction in sales relating to store closures because of Covid-19.

Pre-tax losses at the Irish unit of GameStop more than doubled to almost €7.7m before the Covid crisis hit the business.

In the US, GameStop has never been far from the headlines as day traders piled into its shares that drove the stock market value of the small retail group to huge levels.