GameStop Closes U.S. Pre-Order Campaign for Nintendo's Wii

  
    
  
  
    
      GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) (NYSE:GME.B), the world's largest video game 
      and entertainment software retailer, closed its U.S. in-store, pre-order 
      campaign for Nintendo’s Wii on Friday, October 
      13, 2006, the same day it began.
    
    
      While allocations from Nintendo have not been communicated, GameStop 
      launched the campaign through an electronic newsletter in response to 
      consumer excitement for the highly-anticipated console.
    
    
      Customers can visit www.GameStop.com 
      or www.EBgames.com to sign up to 
      receive email alerts, newsletters and special offers.
    
    
      About GameStop Corp.
    
    
      Headquartered in Grapevine, TX, GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) (NYSE:GME.B) 
      is the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer. 
      The company operates 4,592 retail stores across the United States and in 
      fourteen countries worldwide. The company also owns two e-commerce 
      sites, GameStop.com and EBgames.com, and Game Informer(R) magazine, a 
      leading video and computer game publication. GameStop Corp. sells the 
      most popular new software, hardware and game accessories for the PC and 
      next generation video game systems from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. 
      In addition, the company sells computer and video game magazines and 
      strategy guides, action figures, and other related merchandise. General 
      information on GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the company's corporate 
      website: http://www.gamestop.com/investor-relations/.
    
  
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) (NYSE:GME.B), the world's largest video
game and entertainment software retailer, closed its U.S. in-store,
pre-order campaign for Nintendo's Wii on Friday, October 13, 2006, the
same day it began.

   While allocations from Nintendo have not been communicated,
GameStop launched the campaign through an electronic newsletter in
response to consumer excitement for the highly-anticipated console.

   Customers can visit www.GameStop.com or www.EBgames.com to sign up
to receive email alerts, newsletters and special offers.

   About GameStop Corp.

   Headquartered in Grapevine, TX, GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME)
(NYSE:GME.B) is the world's largest video game and entertainment
software retailer. The company operates 4,592 retail stores across the
United States and in fourteen countries worldwide. The company also
owns two e-commerce sites, GameStop.com and EBgames.com, and Game
Informer(R) magazine, a leading video and computer game publication.
GameStop Corp. sells the most popular new software, hardware and game
accessories for the PC and next generation video game systems from
Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. In addition, the company sells computer
and video game magazines and strategy guides, action figures, and
other related merchandise. General information on GameStop Corp. can
be obtained at the company's corporate website:
http://www.gamestop.com/investor-relations/.