Hi there, thanks for getting back to me so quick, Im running winodws Xp SP2, Ive got the paradox retail copy of the game, windows is up to date as far as I know, other games have been working ok (Prey, gears of war,BF2142), Ive got a leadtek geforce 7600gt agp with forceware 163.75 Installed, I was thinking, do you think it could be something to do with a codec problem with the intro movies?