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*30th January - The Chancellor, George Osborne, officially launches the video games tax relief (VGTR). ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/launch-tax-reliefs-high-end-television-animation-video-games BFI])
 
*30th January - The Chancellor, George Osborne, officially launches the video games tax relief (VGTR). ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/launch-tax-reliefs-high-end-television-animation-video-games BFI])
  
*1st April - The Uk's video games tax relief officially comes into effect.
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*1st April - The Uk's video games tax relief officially comes into effect ([https://www.gov.uk/guidance/corporation-tax-creative-industry-tax-reliefs#video-games-tax-relief-vgtr HMRC]).
  
 
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Revision as of 11:43, 29 January 2019

1980s

1980

1981

  • 5th March - The ZX81, Sinclair Research's pioneering British home computer, was released. (Wikipedia)

1982

1983

  • 1st August - Manic Miner, developed by Matthew Smith, was released by Bug-Byte for the ZX Spectrum. (Wikipedia)

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)
  • 22nd October - Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto III. (Wikipedia)

2002

  • 29th Oct 2002 - Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. (Wikipedia)

2003

2004

  • February - The first British Academy Games Awards takes place. (BAFTA)

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 (HMRC).

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019