http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22442
--- Comment #2 from Mr Nobody limited_choice@hotmail.com 2010-04-21 02:36:09 --- (In reply to comment #1)
It looks like you don't have the Managed DirectX assemblies installed; you may have no choice but to install the directx9 redist from winetricks, as I can't think of any better source for those.
Good call!...although strangely, directx9 runtime (and .NET 2.0) were actually installed previous to the installation of the game itself. Taking your insight onboard however and reinstalling directx9 with winetricks, did actually get the game running. I'm not sure exactly what may be at play here, but, I'll redo the installation a few times and see if I can ascertain why reinstalling directx apparently fixes it.
Thanks Andrew.