Retail in the U.S. has struggled over the past year, with many businesses reporting significant closures. Big Lots and Party City are going out of business, and chains like Walgreens, Red Lobster, Pizza Hut, TGIFridays and 7 Eleven are closing hundreds of locations in the U.S.

It's game over for some metro Detroit GameStop stores. The national video game retailer appears to have quietly closed at least eight area stores in recent weeks and months, according to the retailer's website and Free Press visits to some of the shuttered locations.

It’s game over for some GameStop stores in Upstate New York.

A popular gaming store with storefronts across the nation is closing a number of locations, including some in Michigan. GameStop, one of the nation’s premier sellers of video games and trading cards,