Game wont launch from Steam

[pearley]

Hi

I have tried to launch the game tonight but am getting the following error message :-

SDL FAILED (2): Failed to use audio system.

Can you help please ?

[pearley]

I attach my DXDIAG file

I have tried updating drivers, verifying integrity of games files, uninstalling/re-installing game with no luck so far.

[PvtBenjamin]

Have you checked if your anti virus/malware or firewall is creating the problem. I find that to be the issue quite often.