dbrand abruptly pulls Portal-themed Steam Machine case without explanation
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Liam Squires-Hand
Summary
dbrand launched a Portal-themed Steam Machine case in late 2025, but abruptly removed all traces of it shortly after release. The product had received positive reviews and was sent to press outlets like GamingOnLinux, but dbrand has not commented on why it was pulled. The situation remains unexplained.
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Before getting a chance to actually cover it properly it was then just - gone.
I'm trying to get more information from dbrand on what happened but so far they're not talking about what's going on.
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