Company that made a Steam Machine wrap based on Valve intellectual property without asking forced to take it down
Concept art for the project was initially shared on social media shortly after the Steam Machine unveiling in November last year, but pre-orders didn't actually go live until 22nd June. The design is based on the weighted Companion Cube from the Portal series, so you might have thought that Dbrand had licensed the intellectual property from Valve before starting on the project. It turns out, however, the company did not, as it revealed in a Reddit post.
- ▪Concept art for the project was initially shared on social media shortly after the Steam Machine unveiling in November last year, but pre-orders didn't actually go live until 22nd June.
- ▪The design is based on the weighted Companion Cube from the Portal series, so you might have thought that Dbrand had licensed the intellectual property from Valve before starting on the project.
- ▪It turns out, however, the company did not, as it revealed in a Reddit post.
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Home News Company that made a Steam Machine wrap based on Valve intellectual property without asking forced to take it down "We’re going to regret that decision for a very long time." Image credit: Dbrand <img alt="Sherif Saed avatar" src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&height=2048&fit=bounds&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" style="aspect-ratio: 1" width="1638" height="1346" > News by Sherif Saed Contributor Published on June 30, 2026 Dbrand, a company known for making phone cases and vinyl wraps for electronic devices, will not be shipping the Companion Cube wrap it announced for the Steam Machine.
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