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Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash aged 69. The businessman, who co-founded the video game publisher in 1986 alongside his brothers Yves, Michael, Gérard, and Christian, is one of two people who were tragically killed in an accident on June 19. Assassin’s Creed Hexe Black Flag Resynced (2026), Ubisoft Steam Guillemot was known for his blockbuster hits like Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Prince of Persia. In a statement…

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The news about Ubisoft covers the whole spectrum: from the positive ones, like its new releases, to those that leave the company worse.The dismissals, the cancellations and the developments full of obstacles are also part of the current of this developer, who now wears mourning for a sad loss.Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft, has died in France in an air crash, which occurred during his flight classes.Claude GuillemotAssociated Press has …

The video game industry is in mourning: it has just lost one of the great men who, in the 1980s, had bet on a market that few people still took seriously. Claude Guillemot left us last Friday in a plane accident in Loire-Atlantique.

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Game Developer broke the news on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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