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I invited your best friend, the Companion Cube, to the Steam Machine launch. Of course, he couldn\u2019t come because you murdered him. So instead, gaming accessorizing company Dbrand is giving you the next best thing: a Companion Cube cover for your boxy Valve console. You can already preorder the special Dbrand case, even though you still can\u2019t put money down on a Steam Machine.<\/p>\n

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The Portal-inspired Steam Machine cover is essentially several plastic and silicon covers that surround every side of the 6\u00d76-inch PC\/console hybrid. The rear plate is exposed to allow heat to exhaust, while several removable front plates provide access to the front I\/O ports. Dbrand ensured the Steam Machine\u2019s lone programmable light bar remains exposed, so you\u2019re not losing out on any functionality when you\u2014eventually\u2014manage to buy one.<\/p>\n

In a note to Gizmodo, Dbrand founder and CEO Adam Ijaz said that initial units going out to reviewers have silicon rails that can leave oil marks on the Steam Machine. Full production units will use a different composition of the rails that hopefully shouldn\u2019t result in unseemly stains on your (likely expensive) Valve-made console.<\/p>\n

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Dbrand\u2019s Companion Cube will cost $100 or $130, depending on whether you get a \u201cPoverty Cube\u201d box with plain cardboard packaging. You may not want to throw away the box that comes with the regular version, as it opens to reveal a full-scale diorama that draws inspiration from the test chamber signs and buttons found in both Portal<\/em> and Portal 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Whether or not you pay extra for packaging, your product will ship in July. Valve, on the other hand, has yet to share a specific release date or price for its upcoming console. A mounting number of reports, however, suggest that Valve\u2019s console is coming soon, including indications that several waves of console shipments have arrived at the Steam maker\u2019s warehouse. Reddit users also posted leaked documentation for Steam Machine user manuals suggesting that Valve could bring the product to market by June 29. One X user and Valve hardware newshound reported earlier this month that Valve has a supposed \u201ccreator embargo\u201d coming on June 23.<\/p>\n

This is yet another faux Companion Cube you don\u2019t have to chuck into the raging furnace. We all want the Steam Machine to be a \u201chuge success,\u201d as series antagonist GLaDOS once put it. For now, we\u2019ll just sit here with our Companion Cube, thinking about what may eventually come.<\/p>\n

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