In a video blog published today, ArenaNet said that Guild Wars 3 won't mean the end of development for Guild Wars 2. It and even GW1 will be getting new updates "for the foreseeable future."

"We are not replacing your favorite games. We'll be supporting them," said ArenaNet head Colin Johanson in the video. "We know this is not the norm, but it's something our studio has been preparing for."

Johanson pointed back to Guild Wars 2's release, when the final Guild Wars expansion, Eye of the North, set up the sequel's events and the game was essentially replaced, at least in terms of active support in the form of new patches.

He explained that if the studio were going that route a second time, "we would have stopped development on Guild Wars 2 over a year ago." Not only is the current expansion not quite wrapped up yet, but the original Guild Wars has started to get new dungeons after years of relative silence, so it's clear this approach has been in motion for some time now.

In the short-term, this will mean that Guild Wars 2 will slow down for a bit. The video notes that a few smaller things are on the way while GW3 prepares for release—an optimization pass, a reprise of the Hall of Monuments system where players can earn GW3 rewards in GW2, and an updated version of the Zhaitan fight in base GW2—though GW2 will continue to get more expansions once GW3 is out.

It will be interesting to see if these plans change if GW3 turns out to be a runaway success, or the opposite. There are some parallels to be drawn with Final Fantasy, which has two active MMOs in 11 and 14, RuneScape, which has Old School and modern versions, and World of Warcraft, which is split between all sorts of different era-locked servers.

Vampire life sim Moonlight Peaks is creeping near but if you can't wait for launch day to play, well, you don't have to: there's a new demo over on Steam right now. My fellow farmlife sim players have been looking forward to this dark but cute twist on the genre for a few years now and with the release date scheduled for July, now's a great time to take a quick look on a handy 'try before you buy' basis.

Moonlight Peaks has had a couple demos over the past few years since its reveal and, as announced at the Wholesome Games showcase today, it's swapped in yet another bigger, better version for you. Past demos haven't had much story content or the character creator and were focused on smaller bits of decorating or farming in short bursts.

A rep for the game told PC Gamer that this demo will be largely similar to the one I played 6 hours of last month, though you'll start with a partially upgraded farm instead of from scratch. It will "cover the same content" though, they say, so presumably that means you get to see the start of the story where the werewolves, witches, vampires, and seers in town are all at odds with each other slinging spells and insults equally liberally. You'll be able to meet most of the cast, begin farming, and learn how to cast spells and shapeshift.

Based on my experience playing, that should be the bulk of what farmlife simming fans need to decide whether you're into Moonlight Peaks enough to buy it at launch. I found all the basics plenty competent—snappy tool animations, easy menus, and cute character designs—so it's down to whether the comically toxic bantering and the directed main quest (rather than open-ended goals as in Stardew Valley) are to your taste.

Do be aware: Moonlight Peaks strongly advises that you use a gamepad to play, though I tried a bit of keyboard & mouse and didn't find it played poorly that way.

You can find the Moonlight Peaks demo on Steam, which is also where you'll be able to buy it when it launches on July 7.