Try starting a new game, skip cutscenes with esc key, then load from inside the game. I had this problem as well but loading from inside the game rather than from main menu seemed to work perfectly.
darixa: After running the initial sequence I go to the options screen and press LOAD. I chose one of my saved games and it crashes.
I saw in other post that a file patch was available through rapid share, however this site is not available anymore. Does anyone have this file or know where to get it?