Take-Two, licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, announced today that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now available in retail stores across North America for the PS2, Xbox, GBA and PC, with the GameCube version available next week. The game features key talent from the Warner Bros. Pictures film being released in theaters on July 15th.

Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has awarded Global Star Software the exclusive worldwide license to develop, publish and distribute videogames based on the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," directed by Tim Burton, and based on the classic Roald Dahl book.