{"id":750239,"date":"2026-06-20T21:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/750239\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:30:14","slug":"a-founder-of-assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-killed-in-a-plane-crash-in-western-france-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/750239\/","title":{"rendered":"A founder of Assassin\u2019s Creed maker Ubisoft killed in a plane crash in western France \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin\u2019s Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>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>\n          Ubisoft confirmed Guillemot\u2019s death but did not comment further.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a36ba2097b58a6d58dcdb7ajpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"3896\" data-pswp-height=\"2656\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a36ba2097b58a6d58dcdb7ajpeg.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - The logo of French video game publisher Ubisoft is pictured at the Paris games week in Paris, Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena, File)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFILE &#8211; The logo of French video game publisher Ubisoft is pictured at the Paris games week in Paris, Nov. 4, 2017. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena, File)<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newslettericons-business.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Business Weekly\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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>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>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a36da1f97b58a6d58dcf54djpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"1920\" data-pswp-height=\"1280\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a36da1f97b58a6d58dcf54djpeg.jpg\" alt=\"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)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForensic 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)<\/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":750240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-750239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}