App Store Civilisation V Installation Error

Question

I purchased Civ V from the App Store some time ago and initially it installed without an issue on Mountain Lion, however since upgrading to Mavericks I cannot seem to get the download to install via the App Store. I've contacted Aspyr directly and though their support team was far more helpful that Apple could ever be in trying to establish the issue based on the logs, they could not recreate the problem I'm experiencing.
Any help would be massively appreciated! (Also, if this needs to go into a different forum please let me know and I'll re-post.)
I believe the key parts of the install logs are below:
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: HashedDownloadProvider: Hash mismatch (b31d26ffbd6365bfa4e2bb1e1f2cd215 should be fc4d8f9a0e9de0c0c2b852a28a21c6bf)
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: ISStoreURLOperation: Chose not to retry after error: Error Domain=ISErrorDomain Code=8 "Hash mismatch" UserInfo=0x7f8ebb483f10 {report-details={
     "bytes-read" = 3082584064;
     "md5-computed" = b31d26ffbd6365bfa4e2bb1e1f2cd215;
     "md5-expected" = fc4d8f9a0e9de0c0c2b852a28a21c6bf;
  }, NSLocalizedDescription=Hash mismatch}
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: AssetDownloadOperation: Asset download cancelled/failed.  Will do retry #2? 1
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: ISStoreURLOperation: Starting URL operation with url=http://a616.phobos.apple.com/eu/r1000/039/Purple/v4/7e/47/d9/7e47d917-a3aa-b134- cb76-27ef7fbb602f/mzps8129841362605371637.pkg / bagKey=(null)
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: -[ISStoreURLOperation _runURLOperation]: _addStandardQueryParametersForURL: http://a616.phobos.apple.com/eu/r1000/039/Purple/v4/7e/47/d9/7e47d917-a3aa-b134- cb76-27ef7fbb602f/mzps8129841362605371637.pkg
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: <HashedDownloadProvider: 0x7f8ebb51c560>: Opening file /var/folders/fp/hvbgp6gd4xd73lq8g1ct7xrh0000gn/C/com.apple.appstore/439924718/m zps8129841362605371637.pkg returning file descriptor 6 (3072327680 streamed)
Jun 28 16:55:47 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: HashedDownloadProvider: Hash mismatch (baaa83c3e82a00be744e2cc7effa908f should be ed171cc12718f15d7543176a47629d9f)
Jun 28 16:55:48 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: AssetDownloadOperation: Subtracted 0 already-downloaded bytes from required space (now requires 5383817345 bytes)
And:
Jun 28 17:27:28 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: sending status (Civilization V: Campaign Edition): 0.806452% (546.000000)
Jun 28 17:27:28 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jun 28 17:27:28 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: SoftwareMap: No app was found with bundle ID com.aspyr.civ5campaign to upgrade to 1.3.6
Jun 28 17:27:28 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jun 28 17:27:28 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: setPrimaryAppPath "(null)" forProductIdentifier "com.aspyr.civ5campaign"
And:
Jun 28 17:27:43 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: installClient:didFailWithError Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “mzps8129841362605371637.pkg”." UserInfo=0x7f8ebb609860 {NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while extracting files from the package “mzps8129841362605371637.pkg”., NSFilePath=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxMan ager/13401B36-BF18-444A-832C-BF3AA67EC075.activeSandbox/Root/Applications, NSURL=file:///var/folders/fp/hvbgp6gd4xd73lq8g1ct7xrh0000gn/C/com.apple.appstor e/439924718/mzps8129841362605371637.pkg#com.aspyr.civ5campaign.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=com.aspyr.civ5campaign, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f8ebb674020 "archive verify failed"}
Jun 28 17:27:44 Davids-Mac-mini.local storeagent[240] <Critical>: SoftwareMap: No app was found with bundle ID com.aspyr.civ5campaign to upgrade to 1.3.6

Answer 1

the SSD should be bootable into safe mode as with a regular HDD?
Yes, unless FileVault is active.
can the same tasks performed by a safe boot be achieved by using Disk Utility from the recovery partition?
No. If FileVault is off and you can't boot in safe mode, then there's a hardware fault.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.