{"rewrite":{"id":"r_509fd94136d2351a1f79627c","clusterId":"c_3f5bd0d6125b4961dc14a32e","slug":"blue-archive-japanese-publishing-moves-from-yostar-to-nexon-in-january-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Blue Archive Japanese Publishing Moves from Yostar to Nexon in January 2027","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNexon 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\u0026#39;s build.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue Archive itself is made by Nexon Games, the Korean studio, so the Japanese transfer moves publishing from an outside contract partner to Nexon\u0026#39;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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Blue Archive's Jan 2027 handover consolidates Japan publishing under Nexon, which already runs the global version. Yostar loses the title it held beside Arknights and Azur Lane, and full details are still to come.","twitterPost":"Nexon already runs Blue Archive globally. Taking Japan publishing from Yostar in Jan 2027 folds the home market into that same operation.","threadsPost":"Blue Archive moving Japan publishing to Nexon in Jan 2027 puts development, operation and publishing in one company's hands. Nexon already runs the global version through Nexon Korea. Yostar's Japan role, held alongside Arknights and Azur Lane, ends without details yet on how the handover works.","newsletterBlurb":"Blue Archive will change Japanese publishers from Yostar to Nexon around January 2027, announced during the game's October 25 livestream. Nexon Games makes the game and NEXON Korea runs the global version. Details of the handover are still to come.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/519/G051983/20261025007/\",\"title\":\"Blue Archive's Japan Publisher to Transfer from Yostar to Nexon, Change Planned for Around January 2027\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261025-475480/\",\"title\":\"Blue Archive to \\\"graduate\\\" from Yostar next January; Nexon to handle domestic publishing thereafter\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261025l\",\"title\":\"Blue Archive Announces Publisher Change in Japan: Service to Transfer from Yostar to Nexon Around January 2027\"},{\"source\":\"Inside\",\"url\":\"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/10/25/189810.html\",\"title\":\"Blue Archive Japanese Publisher to Change from Yostar to Nexon, Scheduled for January 2027\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6330,"outputTokens":988,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792933934,"createdAt":"2026-10-25T13:06:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T13:11:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T13:11:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3f5bd0d6125b4961dc14a32e","canonicalTitle":"『ブルーアーカイブ』が来年1月にYostarを“卒業”へ。以後はネクソンが国内パブリッシングを担当","representativeArticleId":"a_2b05bbb705dbca6fa1419494","sourceCount":5,"writtenSourceCount":4,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Blue Archive\"],\"studios\":[\"Nexon\",\"Yostar\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-25T12:43:12.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-25T13:58:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T14:00:31.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/519/G051983/20261025007/","title":"「ブルアカ」，日本国内におけるパブリッシャがYostarからネクソンに移管。変更時期は2027年1月頃を予定"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261025l","title":"『ブルアカ』日本国内におけるパブリッシャー変更を発表。2027年1月ごろよりYostarからネクソンへ移管"},{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261025-475480/","title":"『ブルーアーカイブ』が来年1月にYostarを“卒業”へ。以後はネクソンが国内パブリッシングを担当"},{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/25/174067.html","title":"『ブルーアーカイブ』日本向けパブリッシャーがYostarからネクソンに変更へ―開発会社より「契約を終了したい」との申し入れ受け"},{"source":"Inside","url":"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/10/25/189810.html","title":"『ブルーアーカイブ』日本向けパブリッシャーがYostarからネクソンに変更へ。2027年1月を予定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Blue Archive"],"studios":["Nexon","Yostar"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["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."]}