Welcome to “Game On,” The Fly’s weekly recap of the stories powering up or beating down video game stocks. NEW RELEASES: This week’s major release is “World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth,” the latest expansion to Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI) immensely popular online role playing game that first launched in 2004. The expansion is available today on PC. SODERLUND LEAVES EA: Electronic Arts (EA) said today that chief design officer Patrick Soderlund has opted to leave the company. The game maker said on the matter that Soderlund has been “an agent of change and transformation.” Kotaku’s Jason Schreier later reported that the executive will leave the publisher after receiving a $20M bonus that was granted in an attempt to get him to stay, adding that Soderlund made $48.3M last year. Prior to his position as chief design officer, Soderlund served as CEO of DICE, the developer behind the “Battlefield” and recent “Star Wars Battlefront” series, Kotaku noted. ‘FORTNITE’ MALWARE RISK: The Guardian reported last week that players of Epic Games’ “Fortnite” on Android phones are at risk of becoming victims of malware infections. The risk comes after Epic’s move to bypass Google’s (GOOGL) Play Store in favor of publishing the game to its own website, the report said, citing security experts. The game is currently available on select Samsung (SSNLF) devices and will launch on other Android phones later, the Guardian noted. Epic Games is 40% owned by Tencent (TCEHY) and is part of Disney’s (DIS) Accelerator Program. TENCENT TO REMOVE CAPCOM GAME: Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported yesterday that Chinese regulators have ordered Tencent to remove Capcom’s (CCOEY) “Monster Hunter: World” from its PC downloads service. According to Bloomberg, parts of the game failed to meet regulatory standards, and the relevant authorities received a “significant amount of complaints.” NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE: Nintendo of America (NTDOY) said last Friday that the Switch’s upcoming enhanced online service, known simply as Nintendo Switch Online, will launch in the second half of September. According to the company, the service will provide access to online play and Save Data Cloud backup in compatible games and a growing library of NES titles with added online play. The announcement came days after a Nintendo Direct outlining many of the new features in upcoming fighting game “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,” which will have online capabilities.