Bizzarro world enters its next chapter.

Im almost at the point that Im too old to even remember, but I remember EB games being far more prevalent in Canada , almost every location that is currentley a Gamestop, I remember being an EB games.

Oddly enough, I also remember going to an EB Games in the US in the early to mid 00s, I was a stupid kid who had previously bought Half Life 2 back home but couldnt figure out how to launch it, So I had retunred the game to the store and bought something else. (steam was new back then). and after 20 mins of conversation they made me realize there was an activation window for putting your CD Key in. So I bought my second copy of HL2 in the US, And a week later when I got home, I was able to successfully activate it.

Wherever you are, random teenager who was working at the king of prussia mall, you opened pandoras box for me, but thank you.

edit - Upon looking at the wiki page, I had no idea EB games actually originated in King of Prussia PA , I just happened to be visiting there when my Uncle lived nearby in the 2000s, thats super coincidental

A real shame the article omits the part about GameStop (the former parent company) being led by an absolute piece of shit.

https://xcancel.com/ryancohen/status/1891884823465103698

Email M&A@gamestop.com if you’re interested in buying GameStop Canada or Micromania France. High taxes, Liberalism, Socialism, Progressivism, Wokeness and DEI included at no additional cost if you buy today!

Them actually selling it, and to Canadian business no less, is a blessing for y'all.

Funny that the EB Games was changed to Gamestop just a few years ago to now change back.

Lol what's old is new again

Neat! Did all the EB Games disappear, or were they still around? I see some photos on Google maps that are listed as being from a few years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB_Games

The anti-American / pro-Canadian sentiment is huge right now. The switch to EB (Electronic Boutique) will bump sales for sure.

Just think it’s a little ironic that it’s a Quebec company that’s saving it.

Here in Quebec I remember also seeing some stores changing their names to EBX I think. I knew it was something to do with Game Stop selling their Canadian assets. Changing the name to Game Stop would potentially violate the law 101.

I could swear my local EB never changed, but maybe I just auto corrected the sign in my brain lol.

Time is a flat circle.

This is as it should be. I always thought they were the same place growing up.

Fuck that corpo branding, go back to the original name that actually had meaning

Something is amiss. The original CTV headline is "Canadian game company to be rebranded after sale to Quebec toy maker" but the headline on this article is "GameStop Canada bought by Quebec toy maker, to be rebranded EB Games", a violation of the community rule 1 "Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.'