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The cube was a lie: up close with our Dbrand Companion Cube before it gets destroyed

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Dbrand will destroy them all, but we took some photos first.

by Sean Hollister

Jul 1, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

Dbrand is the company that shipped a product that told Nintendo’s legal team to “go fuck yourself,” and the company that had a second set of lawyer-dodging PS5 plates ready when Sony threatened to sue over the originals. But on June 29th, the company finally ate some serious humble pie, canceling its Portal-themed Companion Cube external shell for the Steam Machine after Valve lawyered up.

I couldn’t believe it. Surely Dbrand had to have seen this coming. There must be a plan B, right?

“There is no further plan. We fucked...

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