{"id":38826,"date":"2026-06-21T04:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/38826\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:27:48","slug":"a-founder-of-assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-killed-in-a-plane-crash-in-western-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/38826\/","title":{"rendered":"A founder of Assassin\u2019s Creed maker Ubisoft killed in a plane crash in western France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PARIS (AP) \u2014 A founder of global <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/gaming\">gaming<\/a> company Ubisoft, maker of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/assassins-creed-video-game-harassment-4b68890b7ed9ead8dbe3ad09dbee9859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/assassins-creed-video-game-harassment-4b68890b7ed9ead8dbe3ad09dbee9859\">Assassin\u2019s Creed,<\/a> was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The twin-motor Cessna 421 carrying Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor crashed Friday evening near La Baule airport on the Atlantic coast, Mayor Franck Louvrier said in a statement. Both were licensed and experienced pilots. The instructor also was killed, the mayor said. An investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Forensic technicians examine the wreckage of the Cessna 421 piloted by Ubisoft co-founder...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/APZVTUM5GNHKTFVOQ4KC3R3ZI4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"651\" \/>Forensic technicians examine the wreckage of the Cessna 421 piloted by Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who was killed when the aircraft crashed while approaching La Baule-Escoublac airfield Friday evening in La Baule, western France, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jeremia Gonzalez)(Jeremia Gonzalez | AP Photo\/Jeremia Gonzalez)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ubisoft-tencent-guillemot-possible-buyout-64bb35d2a382cdad97ce34f5d70c4d71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ubisoft-tencent-guillemot-possible-buyout-64bb35d2a382cdad97ce34f5d70c4d71\">Ubisoft<\/a> confirmed Guillemot\u2019s death but did not comment further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The plane crashed in a field just before landing at La Baule-Escoublac Airport, an airport official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Guillemot and four brothers founded Ubisoft in 1986. In addition to the popular Assassin\u2019s Creed franchise, Ubisoft\u2019s games also include Just Dance, and the Rayman and Tom Clancy game franchises.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS (AP) \u2014 A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin\u2019s Creed, was killed in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26915,26849,5,26861,26848],"class_list":["post-38826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-assassins-creed","tag-claude-guillemot","tag-france","tag-gaming","tag-ubisoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}