Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in France plane crash (opens in new tab)

Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who founded French video game publisher Ubisoft in 1986, died at age 69 in a June 19 plane crash near La Baule on France’s Atlantic coast, Ubisoft confirmed Saturday. The twin-engine Cessna 421 carrying Guillemot and a flight instructor crashed in a field near La Baule-Escoublac Airport before landing; both people aboard were killed. Ubisoft said it was “deeply saddened” by Guillemot’s death. The company identified him as a co-founder of the group an...