Call of Duty and Skylanders help Activision beat earnings expectations

Activision’s old hits keep the dough rolling in.

The publisher announced the results for its fourth quarter and for 2013 as a whole today, and it revealed that it delivered 79 cents per share (EPS) on a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting practices) basis for the quarter. That beat estimates by 6 cents. The Call of Duty creator also reported non-GAAP revenues of $2.272 billion over the same period. That was better than its own guidance of $2.215 billion.