STUDIO
Millions of enthusiastic players
since 2006
Whether it’s football managers, magical plant breeders or railway entrepreneurs
-here in Cologne, we create inviting worlds for many different tastes.
Together in Games
Bright Future GmbH was founded in Cologne at the beginning of 2006 for the development of the FIFA Manager series. We decided quickly to follow our passion and develop more addictive games. Since 2012, we have been part of the Munich-based Travian Games family as an external development studio.
Browser Games at Bright Future
While our roots lie in the development of EA SPORTS' FIFA Manager series, today we create successful browser games that are particularly characterized by large communities and cooperative player interaction. Rail Nation and Miramagia are wonderful examples of this - they have already inspired more than 5 million players since their release.
Januar 3rd, 2006
FOUNDING
Bright Future is born into the gaming world.
History
November 3rd, 2006
FIFA MANAGER 07
FIFA Manager 07 is released in Europe.
October 30th, 2008
FIFA MANAGER 09
FM 09 is realeased and reaches #1 in the German sales charts.
October 30th, 2007
FIFA MANAGER 08
The release of FIFA Manager 08 reaches #1 in the Media Control Charts.
September 7th, 2009
KNIGGE
Knigge: Spielend zum guten Benehmen is released for Nintendo DS.
October 28th, 2010
FIFA MANAGER 11
FM 11 is realeased as standard edition as well as a limited special edition.
November 29th, 2009
FIFA MANAGER 10
Just like ist predecessor, FM 10 reaches #1 in the German sales charts.
August 2nd, 2011
MIRAMAGIA
Miramagia blossoms as a
new title in the gaming world.
January 19th 2012
TRAVIAN GAMES
Bright Future becomes part
of the Travian Games family.
October 20th, 2011
FIFA MANAGER 12
FM 12 is released with a good rating by PC Games magazine.
January 28th 2013
RAIL NATION
Rail Nation starts its
first engines.
April 21st, 2015
TRUCK NATION
Truck Nation starts
its open Beta.
Oktober 24th, 2013
FIFA MANAGER 14
FIFA Manager 14 is released.
November 19th, 2015
RAIL NATION APP
The Rail Nation app is launched. A gaming experience now also for ‘on the go’.
15. März 2019
FAIR PLAY ALLIANCE
Bright Future joins the Fair Play Alliance.
June 12th 2018
FUNDRAISER
Miramagia raises ten thousand Euro for the ambulante Kinderhospiz München (Childens’ Hospice Munich).
November 19th2019
FILM- UND
MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW
Our new project receives a funding of the Film und Medienstiftung NRW (Film and Media Foundation North Rhine Westphalia).
Februar 21st, 2021
games.nrw
Bright Future joins games.nrw.
December 20th, 2020
FUNDRAISER
The first Bright Future Christmas Fundraiser raises € 1.110,- for Domspitzen eV.
April 14th, 2021
BMVI FUNDING
Project Emerald (working title) receives more than €800,000,- funding by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (BMVI) and transitions into the production phase.
Welcome to the
cosmopolitan metropolis on the Rhine
Our studio is located in the south of Cologne, close to the center, directly on the Rhine, and is easily accessible by public transportation or by car. The stop ‘Schönhauser Straße’ is straight across the street from our offices.