Anime News Network's This Week in Games column is back, with writer Jean-Karlo rounding up a busy week where gaming news and security headlines collided.

The lead item is an update on the Goddess of Victory: NIKKE security exploit. The gacha shooter's player base has been watching the situation closely, and the column lays out where things stand following the incident.

On the brighter side, there's news out of Eorzea: the column covers the new classes coming to Final Fantasy XIV, giving the MMO's fans a look at what's ahead for their job rosters. Rounding out the week is what ANN describes as a brand-new holiday — alongside the column's typically eclectic grab bag, teased under the headline "Hacking your Evercold Pikmin."

It's a week that captures the current state of the industry in miniature: live-service games wrestling with security problems on one end, and long-running titles like FFXIV continuing to expand on the other. The full column is up now at Anime News Network.