Sales of the bestselling Call of Duty, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto, and Fifa 2015 games were not enough to prevent pre-tax losses increasing fourfold to €1.43m at the Irish arm of Gamestop last year.

Sales of the bestselling Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and FIFA games helped return the Irish arm of Gamestop to operating profit last year.

LOSSES at the Irish arm of the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, Gamestop, narrowed by 29% to €3 million last year.

GameStop is to open its 50th store in Ireland at the Ballincollig Shopping Centre in Cork today.