Photo: Anthony Hopwood
2006 The first GameCity takes place in Nottingham. Lorne Lanning, the creator of Oddworld, announces his Citizen Siege movie at the BAFTA vision statement.
2007 Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Tetris, creator Alexie Pajitnov attends a screening of his documentary From Russia With Love.
In partnership with NTU and The Science Museum, the National Videogame Archive is established.
2008 For Halloween, GameCity gains its first Guinness World Record with the world's biggest zombie walk on Market Square with 1,227 people dressed as zombies dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller.
2009 Celebrating the 25th anniversary of videogame Elite, GameCity reunites creators David Braben and Ian Bell.
Photo: Ash Bird
2010 The GameCityNights launches, a monthly evening of programming at Antenna that sustains the discussion of video games throughout the year.
2011 STEAM school launches, offering free game making workshops to everyone attending the festival.
The GameCityPrize is launched as a way to celebrate excellence in games, the first prize is awarded to Minecraft.
2012 The festival gains its second world record by creating the largest practical science experiment in the Old Market Square.
2013 At GameCity, Mike Bithell developer of Thomas Was Alone unveils his second game Volume as a futuristic retelling of the Robin Hood mythos at Nottingham Castle.
2014 GameCity's director Iain Simons is invited to Sao Paulo, Seoul and Kyoto to talk about GameCity and give advice on public engagement strategies with video games.
2015 National Video Game Arcade opens.
The National Videogame Arcade, 24 - 32 Carlton Street, NG1 1NN, £5.20/£6.50/£8.50.
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