GameStop is down for many here's everything we know so far

Date:
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:25:56 +0000

Description:
GameStop appears to be having some trouble loading in the late morning on January 21, 2026, with the site not launching for some so stick with TechRadar's live reporting on the outage.

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Well, if you were looking for a Nintendo Switch 2 , picking up V-Bucks ahead of the rumored The Office drop in Fortnite, or just wanted to shop around on GameStop this morning and couldn't get the site to load, you're not alone.

GameStop the popular console, video game, and electronics store in the
United States is having some issues this AM. I can't get the site to load, and my colleagues can't either; reports on Down Detector are spiking.

Reports are currently trending upwards at 260 on Down Detector, which isn't the highest, but certainly shows that something is up. So to track GameStop's issues this AM, TechRadar Gaming is spinning up a live blog to cover one of the biggest game stores in the country.

Rather than the homepage or a 503 error, we're seeing a "Sorry you have been blocked" screen when trying to access GameStop. (Image credit: Future)

While that screengrab is from a laptop connected to Wi-Fi, I also tried loading GameStop.com on my iPhone 17 Pro Max, which is connected to Visible's 5G network. I'm seeing the same error, which says that I've been blocked from accessing the site.

It's certainly a weird one, but it is providing a 'Cloudflare Ray ID' for every request. This does not mean it's an issue with CloudFlare; we just know there's some sort of communication issue occurring when trying to access GameStop. (Image credit: Future)



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/live/gamestop-january-21-2026-outage


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