Gamestation is a chain of UK retail shops selling use and new videogames, and was the second-largest specialist video game retailer in the UK until they were bought out by GAME, a group which owns many different gaming stores throughout the UK and Europe, these include GamePlay(UK) and Centromail(ES). It is fully owned and operated by GAME, which bought the chain in 2007. This deal was referred to the competition commission and was finally cleared many months after, much to the frustration of many smaller video game outlets and websites, GAME now operate and control a very large part of the UK Market and are expanding in Europe.