<t> For Steam users, you may have luck doing what I did. I downloaded the 1.02.15beta exe file and copied it into the local directory used by Steam. I copied over the existing exe. I was then able to play the game as per usual. While I had one crash, I don't think it was related to the previous ...

Just wanted to chime in to say that I have the same issue. Very much looking forward to a hotfix because as it is the game is not reliably playable.