Friday Shorts: Nevermind is 20, Daytona USA, China, Orcs, KOTOR

By Stephany Nunneley

Hold on to your hats, there’s a another big list of shorts for you today below the break.

• KOTOR is half off on Steam this weekend.
• Rock Band 3 is getting a four-pack of tracks from Nirvana’s Nevermind to celebrate the album turning 20. Yes, you read that right. 20. God we feel effing old.
• CDC Games licensed the exclusive rights to distribute Lotro in China in 2006. It never did despite spending $10 million on translating the game. Turbine has pulled the rights from the firm, and was able to retain $4 million due to the breach of contract. Still doesn’t make up fort the lost revenue we’re betting.
• Robot Entertainment has released an interactive trailer for Orcs Must Die. Yes. You read that correctly.
• Daytona USA may be heading to XBLA.
• Explore the City of Tides in EverQuest with this video.
• An analyst figures 71 percent of iPad owners play games on it.
• Here’s a trailer for Worms Ultimate Mayhem. Screens too.
• Star Wars Galaxies has had the GU21added to it.
• The soundtrack for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine lands next week.
• Sumioni is apparently for fans of Okami and Kirby: Canvas Curse. Watch the video to see what it is we’re talking about.
• Rolling Thunder Tournement sparks up in HeroClix Online, reads the headline on D’toid.
• Did you know that Guardian Heroes XBLA was originally Guardian Heroes 2? No? Neither did we.
• Through here you can watch the Renegade Ops release trailer and look at some screens.
• T3 Fun has announced the Hellgate Tokyo expansion for Hellgate Global will go live in one week on September 22.
• Speaking of trailers, here’s the one for Hard Reset.
• Revenue from PC game subscriptions fell for the first time during 2010.
• Caravan security missions are coming to Final Fantasy XIV.
• Something about Honey Badgers and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition. I always get in on memes after they have run their course.
• Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack is out now for iOS and Android.
• Razer has shown off its new Xbox 360 arcade stick.
• Gamasutra has analyzed XBL leadedboards and has determined Toy Soldiers: Cold War and Fruit Ninja Kinect did the best.
• The full track list has been revealed for DanceStar Party.
• Sony has updated the US PS Movie Store with: Thor, True Legend, Brand New day, The Tempest, Sweatshop, Politics of Love, Hesher, Carlos, and more. Music Unlimited now has more Anthrax.