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Nexon Announces Blue Archive Panel at Anime Expo 2025, Along With New Update “Secret Midnight Party: The Chimes Of Tag”

Exciting Reveals, Developer Insights and News on the Future of Blue Archive to Premiere During Anime Expo 2025 Panel

Seoul - June 11, 2025 - NEXON’s RPG Action Strategy Roleplaying game Blue Archive has just released the brand new update, “Secret Midnight Party: The Chimes of Tag,” enrolling two new playable student characters Yuuka (Pajamas) and Noa (Pajamas). Players will dive into a new story featuring the students of Millennium Science School. Upon completing each story and quest, players can exchange the event currencies they acquire for a variety of in-game rewards.

Additionally, the team is excited to announce the “Blue Archive: Dev Talk Live at AX 2025” panel at Anime Expo 2025! Join the developers as they share update previews, behind-the-scenes stories and dev-only insights with various events prepared for players. The team encourages everyone attending to stop by and hear all the latest news for Blue Archive! Can’t make it in person? The panel will be available to view online on the Blue Archive youtube channel. 

  • Blue Archive: Dev Talk Live at AX 2025

    • When: July 3 at 11:00 a.m. PST / 2:00 p.m EST

    • Where: The Novo

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Blue Archive’s “Secret Midnight Party: The Chimes of Tag” update features a variety of exciting new content, including: 

New Student Recruitment – Yuuka (Pajamas) and Noa (Pajamas)

  • Event Schedule: Tuesday, June 10 After Maintenance - Tuesday, June 24 at 1:59 AM (UTC)

  • Yuuka (Pajamas)

    • Deals damage proportional to ATK to 1 enemy. Decreases the enemy’s DEF. If the target’s defense type is Light Armor, decreases DEF.

  • Noa (Pajamas)

    • Deals damage proportional to ATK to 1 enemy. Also applies Weakness Detection effect for 20 sec. Deals additional damage proportional to Noa (Pajamas)’s ATK every time an enemy with the effect is hit. 

      • (This damage will not trigger a Crit.) Applies up to 240 times.