Razer’s latest brainwave gives PC gamers free stuff for using its Cortex app

Razer’s latest brainwave gives PC gamers free stuff for using its Cortex app

By Darren Allan

Want to get free peripherals simply by playing games on your PC? Of course you do – and to that end Razer has now made it possible to earn reward points, in the form of its new virtual currency, which it introduced a couple of weeks ago, by playing certain games while using the Razer Cortex software.

Razer’s virtual currency lets folks exchange real money for zGold, with spending the latter giving you access to discounts and also earning you zSilver reward points – which can be redeemed for various freebies and further discounts.

Now Razer has added a new method of picking up these zSilver points, by playing specific games with Razer Cortex – software designed to optimize performance for better frame-rates, and perform other tricks related to streaming or recording game sessions.

Simply by playing Overwatch, League of Legends, Dota 2 or CounterStrike: Global Offensive with Cortex running, you’ll accrue six zSilver points per minute up to a maximum of 900 per day.

As mentioned, those points can be used to obtain discounts, or entirely free bits of hardware – although you’ll need to earn a lot to get anything decent.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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