Notable Dates in UK Games Industry History

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

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019