Founder of video game company Ubisoft killed in a plane crash in France
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
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A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.

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A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
THE founder of global gaming giant Ubisoft has died in a horror plane crash in France. Claude Guillemot was killed on Friday evening near La Baule airport on the Atlantic coast, Mayor Franc...
A founder of Ubisoft, the global gaming company behind Assassin’s Creed, has been killed in a plane crash in western France
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin's Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.
Claude Guillemot died after a Cessna plane carrying the Ubisoft founder crashed on Friday in western France. He was 69.
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
The crash reportedly happened on an airstrip near the western coast of France on June 19.
GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP via Getty Images A co-founder of the company behind the Assassin’s Creed franchise has died in a shocking plane crash in western France. Claude Guillemot, 69,...
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
Guillemot, 69, and one other person aboard the small Cessna were killed in the crash Friday evening.
Claude Guillemot, a founder of Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft, has died in a plane crash in western France
Claude Guillemot, a founder of Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft, has died in a plane crash in western France.
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