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

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 07/01/2026 07:00 EDT

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

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 […]

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