This branch of Game is a fairly decent size store in Blackburn town center, on one of the corners of Blackburn's The Mall with enterences through street level and the mall, this now remains the only branch in Blackburn with the branch near enough across the way having closed down, I'm presuming due to the issues faced by Game a few years ago where they went into administration and a large amount of their stores closed, which included my local branch in Middleton and one branch at the Manchester Arndale.
This is quite a decent store, it is more of a darker, grey themed store rather than the brighter store, which follows the old Game Station store format, which is the company Game bought a few years ago and transferred ownership of all their stores under the same brand a few years ago.
I mainly came in here to take a look at the Black Friday deals, they did have a decent selection for good prices, for example the game Deus Ex was £20 meanwhile to buy this at Argos it would be £22.99 or £26 at Tesco at the time, but this price has now risen to £31.34 at Tesco and £39.99 at Game which still shows how Game can be out of touch with rivals in terms of pricing. This is the PS4 copy of the game used as the example, and other consoles pricing may vary.
The staff seemed friendly enough although the service for the staff member to get my game was pretty slow, which was slightly frustrating.
The store didn't have the best of room so it was quite squashed to look for games especially due to the layout, where you basically have to bend down and "break your back" to find the game, despite them being in alphabetical order.
Overall, this store is decent but there are too many flaws such as the speed of service, the layout in some cases and pricing in some cases which makes me feel Game only deserves a high two star rating for their Blackburn branch. read more