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1980s
1980
1981
- 5th March - The ZX81, Sinclair Research's pioneering British home computer, was released. (Wikipedia)
1982
1983
1984
- 20th September - Elite, the space trading game written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell, is published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers. (Wikipedia)
1985
1986
- October - Codemasters, one of the oldest active British game studios, founded by brothers Richard and David Darling. (Wikipedia
1987
1988
1989
- 6th September - Ukie, then known as ELSPA, is founded - the first trade association for the video games industry anywhere in the world. (Ukie)
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000s
2000
2001
- 8th March - The official launch of TIGA, The Independent Games Developers Assocation for the UK (Eurogamer)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
- 2009 was when game profits in UK exceeded those from film for the first time (source?)
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
- 30th January - The Chancellor, George Osborne, officially launches the video games tax relief (VGTR). (BFI)
- 1st April - The Uk's video games tax relief officially comes into effect.
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
