Grapevine, Texas - GameStop, the world's largest video game retail store chain, announced on Wednesday that it will acquired The Gamesman, New Zealand's largest independent game retail chain.

San Francisco - GameStop (NYSE: GME), the nation's largest video game retail chain, has decided to discontinue sales of Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) Zune portable media player due to lack of demand, TheStreet.com reported.

Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo has partnered with video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME), to offer holiday shoppers unable to find a Wii console in stock -- but willing to pay in full up front -- a rain check redeemable for a Wii in January. GameStop is the only partner for the program, and will be provided with "many tens of thousands" of rain check certificates, according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

Grapevine, Texas - GameStop (NYSE: GME), the world's largest video game retailer, announced on Tuesday the opening of its first combination store and video game tournament center. The 4,000 square foot store in San Jose, California features 24 networked gaming stations with plasma monitors. The company said it plans to hold tournament events at the store most weekends, and a system-wide tournament finals at least once a quarter.

Grapevine, Texas - GameStop, the large video game retail store chain, announced on Wednesday that it has renewed its sponsorship of Major League Gaming, a pro video gamers league, through the 2008 season. Separately, GameStop announced plans to host its own video game tournaments for Nintendo's "Pokemon" titles for the DS. The Pokemon Battle Revolution tournaments will be held at 1,000 U.S. GameStop and EB Games locations on July 21.

Washington - Cause, a nonprofit that provides comfort items and organizes recreation events for wounded soldiers, said it teamed with Major League Gaming (MLG) and retailer GameStop to host a video game tournament on Sunday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. GameStop donated 10 Nintendo Wii consoles, while Major League Gaming provided technical assistance and top pro gamers to help run the tournament. "Recreation and entertainment are vital to the recovery process, and the healthy competition and the social aspects of videogaming are very beneficial to these young men and women," said Cause executive director Barbara Lau.