Crash upon launching game

Attempted to open game from launcher, game failed to open and forced itself closed with the following information given:

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1. A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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2. EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000000005a9d55ec, pid=2236, tid=4856
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3. JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
4. Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
5. Problematic frame:
6. C [ig4dev64.dll+0x55ec]
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7. Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Launcher.
2. Select Profile - default settings.
3. Press play.

Can provide entire crash log, but reluctant to do so in an open post.

It is entirely possible that I just missed some major update that means you have to change something, as I have been on hiatus from Minecraft for close to five+ months.