A propeller plane crashed in the western French town of La Baule, killing two people, including the co-founder of the world-famous video game company Ubisoft. The public prosecutor said the small plane crashed in a field on Friday evening as it was approaching the airport in La Baule.
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Ubisoft wrote that it was with great sadness to learn of the death of Claude Guillemot, “who died in an accident.” The French company is known, among other things, for game series such as “Assasin’s Creed” and “Far Cry” and also operates development studios in Germany.
The prosecutor confirmed that one of the dead in the accident could be Claude Guillemot “according to the current status of the investigation.” The plane took off from Rennes, where Guillemot lived. He is the owner of the plane. An investigation has been initiated on suspicion of negligent homicide, it said. The exact circumstances and causes of the accident have not yet been determined.
The 69-year-old Guillemot founded Ubisoft together with his brothers in 1986. Most recently he was head of the Guillemot Corporation, which sells accessories for computer games, among other things. His brother Yves runs Ubisoft. France’s Assistant Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization, Anne Le Hénanff, wrote on the X platform: “The French video game industry is losing one of its pioneers today.”
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