Crash at startup

[Nathaniak]

Hi. Wehn I run the game, I get this:

Fatal error

Connection to Steam client failed.

Dxdaig report is in attached .zip file.

[Nathaniak]

Ok, shutting down and restarting Steam got rid of this problem.

[Lardbucket123]

i just downloaded this off of steam and i have gotten this problem even after 1- restarting steam 2- deleting steam completely and 3- reinstalling the game. i have tried everything i could think of and still no luck. please help