Issue loading a new savegame

[Zelkins]

Basically I installed the game from the disc on Monday and fired the game up and it loaded a new savegame absolutely fine

I Then went back out of the game to download the 1.1 update. Since installing that when I try to load a new savegame it wont load and then after about 5 minutes the game shuts down and the 'giants engine 6.0.2 has stopped working' window

Anyone else have this problem? If so is there a way to fix it?

Thanks, Zak