Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies in Plane Crash
The death of a founding family member arrives as Ubisoft restructures under a major Tencent investment and prepares to launch a flagship title.
Reporting from 1 sources: Automaton.
Claude Guillemot, a co-founder of Ubisoft, died in a plane crash on June 19 local time near La Baule, France. He was traveling to an aircraft event when his twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed into a field, killing two people. The news comes ahead of the July 9 release of Assassin's Creed Black Flag RE: Synchro.
Claude Guillemot, one of the five Guillemot brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, died when his twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed into a field near La Baule airport on June 19. The local fire department confirmed two fatalities. Guillemot was en route to an aircraft event in La Baule. His death comes weeks before the July 9 release of Assassin's Creed Black Flag RE: Synchro, the first major title under Ubisoft's new subsidiary Vantage Studios, which was established last year with investment from Tencent.
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