If you spend half your evening playing Overwatch and the other half watching tournaments on a second monitor, Opera GX is trying to make itself your primary browser. The team behind the gaming-focused browser just launched a fresh collaboration with Overwatch to coincide with the World Cup tournament, offering daily freebies to anyone willing to link their gaming profiles and check in regularly.
This is not the first time the browser has tried to win over gamers with free loot. We recently saw similar moves when Opera GX offered Forsaken mobile skins to build up its player community. The new Overwatch campaign runs through October 1 and gives players a simple incentive to log into the browser daily, offering up to 21 individual digital goodies that would otherwise take hours of grinding or real cash to unlock.
Claiming the cosmetics is simple enough for anyone who already uses the desktop app. All you need to do is click the small gift icon on the sidebar, log into your Battle.net account, and hit claim each day.
The rewards include character skins, avatars, calling cards, and sprays that you cannot get through standard gameplay. There is even an exclusive loot box handed out to anyone willing to set Opera GX as their primary default browser on their PC.
Alongside the cosmetic drops, Opera built a dedicated Esports Hub directly into the browser interface. The hub aggregates live match schedules, score tracking, team stats, and tournament highlights in one spot so you do not have to keep ten different tabs open while following the matches.
“It is basically your one stop shop for all the action,” the company noted in its blog post, adding that “whether the drama is coming from Busan or Anaheim, the latest updates are right there in Opera GX.”
Gamers can also download custom Overwatch mods to restyle their entire browser window with character themes, sound effects, and team colors.
Opera GX has pushed browser customization as a standout feature for a while now, though as we previously reported, users should always keep their browser updated after developers fixed security bugs with browser mods earlier this summer.
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