"Couldn't initialize the render device" Fatal Error.

SgtNugget

I bought Natural Selection 2 yesterday on Steam and every time I try to play it this fatal error shows up.
"Couldn't initialize the render device"
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 3320M @ 2.60GHz 63 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Acer VA70_HC (U3E1) 65 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@1Hz)
Intel Standard VGA Graphics Adapter (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB ATA Device (SATA) 49 °C
Optical Drives
PIONEER BD-ROM BDCTD03RS ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

I'm using a Acer Aspire V3 771G laptop it also says it has a NVIDIA Gefore 710m.

ATF

Sounds like fun (pain) with nvidia optimus.
Try enabling the tray icon or setting ns2.exe to use the geforce gpu in your graphics driver settings