Blue Archive Japanese Publishing Moves from Yostar to Nexon in January 2027
Yostar built its Japanese business on publishing Korean-developed games including Arknights and Azur Lane, and Blue Archive was one of that lineup, so its loss moves a major title's Japanese operation inside the developer's own corporate family.
Key Facts
- Yostar announced on October 25, 2026 that Japanese publishing of Blue Archive will move to Nexon around January 2027.
- The transfer was disclosed during the official livestream Blue Archive Live! How are you spending the long autumn nights? SP.
- Blue Archive is developed by Nexon Games in Korea, and NEXON Korea already operates the global version on iOS, Android and PC.
- In Japan, Blue Archive is currently playable on iOS, Android and PC through the official app.
- Yostar also publishes Arknights and Azur Lane in Japan.
Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Inside.
Yostar announced on October 25, 2026 that it will hand Japanese publishing of Blue Archive to Nexon, with the transfer scheduled for around January 2027. The news came during the official livestream Blue Archive Live! How are you spending the long autumn nights? SP. Blue Archive is a school, youth and story RPG developed by Nexon Games in Korea and distributed in Japan by Yostar. Nexon announced the Japan publisher change, and the company already operates the global version of the game through NEXON Korea on iOS, Android and PC via Steam and an official app. In Japan the game is currently playable on iOS, Android and PC through the official app. Yostar had handled Japanese publishing of Blue Archive alongside Arknights and Azur Lane. With the change, development, operation and publishing of Blue Archive inside Japan appear to sit with Nexon. Full details are expected later.
Nexon and Yostar both framed the change as a publisher transfer rather than a shutdown. Automaton describes the game as leaving Yostar next January, and notes that the global version run by NEXON Korea is already playable on iOS, Android and PC through Steam and an official app, which is the same set of platforms players in Japan can use now through Yostar's build.
Blue Archive itself is made by Nexon Games, the Korean studio, so the Japanese transfer moves publishing from an outside contract partner to Nexon's own operation. Yostar remains the Japanese publisher for Arknights and Azur Lane. Announced details stop at timing and the handover itself, with further specifics promised later.
Written with AI by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited. See our editorial policy.