Activision reports record earnings, digital revenues as Hearthstone reaches 25M players

Activision is making tons of real cash from virtual worlds.

The publisher reported its 2014 results today, and the company revealed that it made $2.2 billion from digital sales alone last year. That makes up 46 percent of Activison’s $4.81 billion in total revenues for period. That helped the company generate a record earnings per share of $1.42, which is up from 94 cents from 2013. Activision is one of the top third-party publishers in games, and it has dominated the last decade with perennial hits like Call of Duty. Now, as some of the shine fades off its aging franchises, the company is slowly finding replacements.