Dbrand's Companion Cube Case For The Steam Machine Was A Lie

This was not a triumph.

More than six months ago Dbrand showed off an awesome-looking mod for the Steam Machine that turned Valve's latest gaming PC into a Companion Cube. It was cute, reasonably priced and by mostaccounts, quite well made. The one problem is that Dbrand forgot to ask Valve for permission, so even after garnering more than 100,000 pre-orders, the company was forced to cancel the accessory and take down all of its listings last week.

In a surprisingly forthcoming post on Reddit, Dbrand admitted that despite all the work that went into making the case, it had never asked for or received a license from Valve to use images and intellectual property from Portal— the game that originally spawned the Companion Cube — on its product. So unsurprisingly, after the mod went on sale last week, Valve's legal team reached out...

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