Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Killed in Plane Crash, Gaming Industry Loses a Visionary Behind Assassin’s Creed Empire (opens in new tab)

The global gaming industry is mourning the loss of Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who founded Ubisoft and helped transform it from a small French software distributor into one of the world’s most influential video game publishers. Guillemot died Friday in a plane crash near La Baule on France’s Atlantic coast. He was 69. Ubisoft confirmed the tragedy in a statement on Saturday, saying it was “deeply saddened” by the death of its co-founder and longtime chairman of Guillemot Corpor...