I have an HP K53SV laptop, Core i5, 4GB of RAM, 2GB video card, Windows 7.
I bought the game through Steam, everything launches and installs, but after clicking the "Play" button, a black screen appears, and nothing else happens.
I completely uninstalled the game and re-downloaded it through Steam, installed it, but the problem remains.
I visited the Steam forum, specifically at the link http://forums.steampowered.com/forums//topic/2175136/
I did everything they suggested, but it didn't help.
I hope you can offer some advice.