UPDATE 3.15pm UK: In a further follow-up, a spokesperson for GAME parent company Frasers Group has assured Eurogamer there has been no change in store policy at all with regards to the sale of physical games and consoles.
GAME’s earlier statement had not addressed the potential for some kind of change to pre-order requirements – or some other move that might have prompted the original, erroneous report this morning. GAME has now told Eurogamer there’s no changes to pre-order requirements either.
UPDATE 12.15pm UK: Speaking to Eurogamer, GAME has categorically denied the report published earlier today which stated the chain would stop selling boxed games and consoles in its stores.