Being a fan of the series, I became very excited when I saw this come up on Steam and bought it immediately. As soon as I installed it and launched it the first time, it crashed immediately, and keeps on doing that every time I launch the game.

I looked into the problem details and the most useful piece of information I can find is the exception code c0000005.

I've already tried compatibility mode.

More details that may be useful:
Windows 7 64 Bit,
I7 2500K processor,
2 Nvidia 550 ti cards with SLI,
8 GB RAM

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?