Dbrand's Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine was a lie

The Steam Machine Companion Cube was a lie

After Valve announced the Steam Machine, popular tech toy maker Dbrand announced the perfect accessory for it: a 3D case wrap that turns it into a Companion Cube, the mindless but beloved item from Valve's Portal series. Unfortunately, it neglected to do something important: secure Valve's permission to use the design. — Read the rest The post The Steam Machine Companion Cube was a lie appeared first on Boing Boing.

Steam Machine Companion Cube Case Gets Killed Off by Valve

Video game accessories manufacturer Dbrand has announced that it will no longer be selling its Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine. Upon the announcement of the Steam Machine last year, Dbrand quickly revealed that it was developing a case for the hardware based on the Companion Cube from the hugely popular game Portal. This []

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Remember last week when Dbrand announced a pretty neat Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine that got suddenly taken down? Well, it turns out that Dbrand missed a pretty crucial step before releasing it. According to a press release made on the company’s subreddit, the company failed to obtain the licence to use the []

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Valve dropped that Steam Machine Companion Cube case down the legal incinerator after its makers neglected to get their permission

Steam Machine stock may be in short supply, but hey, at least it hasn’t been taken off sale and scoured from the Internet, never to be seen again. That’s just the fate of Dbrand’s unofficial Steam Machine Companion Cube case, a smartly made (if overpriced and kind of pointless) Portal-themed accessory that it turns out was so unofficial, Dbrand never actually had permission from Valve to sell it. So, now they aren’t, and have issued refunds to anyone who ordered one. Read more

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