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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by skocznymroczny on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:17AM (#23233600)
Is the name change related with coronavirus in any way? As in it's considered a negative brand right now?
Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by barbecue_sauce on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:35AM (#23233701)
Corona and Isis are two common branding gotos that will now be forever out-of-favor.

Also, you probably can't name anything COVID, but I think that's a less likely scenario.

Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by Loulybob on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:33AM (#23235289)
Tell that to Oxfordshire - plenty of companies still have Isis in the name (due to the local name for the Thames near Oxford being Isis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isis)
Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by helldritch on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:39PM (#23237714)
Interesting, in the UK Corona seems to be doing quite well, anecdotally I'm noticing it popping up as an extra option on a lot of food delivery restaurants, and a lot of friends posting pictures of their bottles after work.

Perhaps this is purely attributable to the British sense of irony.

Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by airstrike on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:14AM (#23234487)
I do wonder what will happen to the beer...
Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by qz_ on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:01AM (#23234943)
It's already been renamed to Coronita here in the Netherlands
Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by freehunter on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:00PM (#23236332)
Are you sure that’s the reason why? I can buy both Corona and Coronita, the difference is the size of the bottle. -ita in Spanish means “little” so Coronita bottles are 210ml while a bottle of Corona is 330ml.
Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by ciceryadam on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:38PM (#23236915)
all while in colder beer drinking climates, the small beers are 330ml, and regular ones are 500ml :)
Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by vvillena on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:30PM (#23236804)
Corona probably already held the Coronita trademark, because that was how it was branded in Spain until recently, because the brand was held by a winery.

It would be fun to see them reverting the brand once again. What bad luck!

Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by minxomat on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:20AM (#23233617)
They did mention that in their blog post, yes.