the steam servers are too busy to handle your request

[Meatkin]

I've been enjoying a resurgence in my Dawn of War II Retribution interest recently, until last night that is when I tried to run the game and got a black screen. Ie I clicked to play the game in steam and launched it, then the screen went black, no THQ logo, nothing. Just my mouse cursor. The only way I could get out of this (alt + tab doesn't work) was to cntl + alt + del, close down the program where I was confronted with the message in Steam:

the steam servers are too busy to handle your request for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War II Retribution (Error Code 41).

I can't seem to find anything that relates specifically to an error code 41, so I'm at a loss as what to do. I've started a Steam support ticket as this looks like a Steam issue, but I was wondering if any other forumites have had a similar problem? It's been going on for 2 nights in a row now grr!

[GeoffS]

Have you tried verifying your game cache files? That's the first thing to try with any Steam game.

[Kapp'n]

In addition to GeoffS suggestion, try Defragmenting the Cache Files also.

[Meatkin]

Thanks chaps, actually that was the first things I did but no dice. Also checked my system for malware and viruses but nothing. Very puzzling.

[Pulse.r]

Have you tried restarting Steam and/or your PC? Are you using the beta Steam Client? Can you try changing your download region?

[Kapp'n]

Was going to suggest that myself. Try changing Steam region and run with antivirus disabled.

[Meatkin]

Actually changing my download region worked. I can now play the game!

PS if anyone else has the same problem I only had to change it from London, England to Manchester. Hey presto!