Ubisoft taps Amazon Games VP to lead Tom Clancy franchise

July 1 (Reuters) - French video games company Ubisoft said on Wednesday it recruited Amazon Games Vice President Christoph Hartmann to lead its "Creative House 2", the division that manages games in the Tom Clancy franchise, such as "Splinter Cell" and "The Division".

Hartmann co-founded and led 2K, owned by Take-Two Interactive, the company behind the game franchises Borderlands, BioShock and Civilization.

(Reporting by Leo Marchandon; Writing by Hugo Lhomedet; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)