SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 6 -- Expanding the reach of Wolverine's razor sharp adamantium claws, Activision, Inc. announced today that X-Men(R): Wolverine's Revenge(TM) is headed to the Nintendo Game Boy(R) Advance and PC. With the addition of these two versions, the game will be released this spring on five platforms simultaneously with the upcoming X-Men feature film entitled "X2." X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge is also in development for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube(TM) and is the only action-adventure game that allows players to assume the role of Wolverine, the ultimate fighting X-Man.
X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge for the Game Boy Advance is being developed by Vicarious Visions, the PC version is being developed by Livesay Technologies, the PlayStation 2 version is being developed by Gene Pool and Warthog and the Xbox and Nintendo GameCube versions are being developed by Gene Pool.
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