Cannot launch game. i did everything from verify integrity of game files to uninstall and reinstall. need help please, thanks in advance

[Narelle]

The 2 most common solutions:

1. If you run 10/11th gen CPU, try this:

Recent Critical Issues Workarounds

Updating this thread into a general workarounds topic for issues like game crashes and the game not starting. If the game is simply not starting after launching, check to see what kind of CPU you have. If you have an 11th gen Intel CPU, you may be able to work around the issue with the following workaround suggested by @SelinaK :

2. Un-install and re-install: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable.