A founder of Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft killed in a plane crash in western France (opens original article in a new tab)

A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin’s Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France. Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the company and president of the Guillemot Foundation, died in an accident. A Cessna plane carrying Guillemot and one other person crashed Friday evening in a field just before landing at La Baule Airport on the Atlantic coast.

• Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft, died in a plane crash in western France
• A Cessna plane carrying Guillemot and another person crashed before landing at La Baule Airport
• Guillemot founded Ubisoft in 1986 with four brothers and was president of the Guillemot Foundation