Epic Gamers! Make $5-$10 in GCs Daily w/ OMEN Command Center!
PREFACE: This is a repost of this post from last year. OMEN CC is now alive again, and very much the same. Only changes are that they seem to have done away with the need to launch the game through OMEN, and they have some additional security to prevent people from using multiple accounts to earn many gift cards. You may have already read this post last year. Nothing has changed about the post except the addition of this preface.
Hey there epic gamers, let's make some money today.
Introducing OMEN Command Center
OMEN Command Center is a new application by HP (yes, that HP) that is supposed to help make playing video games...better? I guess? I'm not actually really sure what it's supposed to be doing for you, or trying to accomplish.... but the point is, they're giving away a lot of gift cards.
Let's start off with the requirements.
First things first, you gotta be a PC gamer. Actually you don't even have to be a PC gamer, but you do have to download some games in order to make money with this, so make sure you're using a PC that can run games. Even though this is HP's OMEN Command Center, and it probably runs best on the OMEN gaming laptops, and you will certainly make more money if you have an OMEN PC, I couldn't possibly recommend spending $1000+ just to use OMEN (or any PC by HP, for that matter). I do want to emphasize that if you don't have an OMEN laptop, you will need an android device.
Getting Started
This can get messy. The app is preeeetttyy bad. I ran into a lot of issues while signing up and getting started, so I'm here to help if you run into issues. Skip this section if you're looking for how to make money with OMEN before you dive in. I talk about the money making potential in "How It Works".
Actually signing up:
If you haven't already, download OMEN Command Center here. While you're at it, also download the app.
At this point you'll open up the application and sign up. The sign up process is really simple and not heavily involved. Only email address verification. When you first try and go to the rewards tab, it will have a page that says something like, 'we need to verify your location' and it will give you two options. Either verify with an OMEN device (you probably won't have this), or use your phone. This is why you need to download the app. AFAIK there is no iOS app... (can someone prove me wrong?). What you'll do is log in on your phone, and then you'll be presented with a page like this. Just swipe down a few times to refresh. If you're lucky, the page on your PC will automatically change to the actual rewards page. It took me like 30 tries. If it doesn't work right away, here are a few potential fixes:
- Close & restart app, try again.
- On your PC, hit "resend location request". Then try refreshing on your phone again.
- Restart OMEN Command Center on your PC.
You'll know you're in once your rewards tab looks something like this.
Adding games to the "My Games" tab:
In order to complete the challenges, one requirement is that you launch the games from the "MY GAMES" tab. Some of your games will automatically show up in the launcher, but if you're a steam user (like most people), Steam games won't link automatically. [This video](link removed per sub rules) will explain how to link the steam games.
That's basically the bulk of the issues I had, so assuming you got through them and you're all set up, you're now ready to get started completing challenges!
How It Works
At the top you'll see the current challenges that are available to you. As of right now there are three challenges (but depending on when you read this, they likely will be different as challenges change extremely frequently). The current challenges are "Play PUBG for 1 hour" to enter to win a $50 Target gift card. It's only one gift card so it's unlikely you'll win. I don't recommend. There's also "Play Apex Legends for 1 hour" for a $50 Best Buy GC sweepstakes as well, and one other challenge to play "Ring of Elysium" for 30 minutes and win a SUV "grafitti" skin in game. I don't play this game and I'm not sure what the value of this skin is.
From what I have seen, the sweepstakes all end the following day, but it's only one gift card winner... I'm not sure how popular OMEN CC is, but I really doubt the odds of winning are very high.
The more common challenges will look something like this. It will list a game and the typical challenge is "Play <game> for 30 minutes!" and you'll win a $5 gift card to whatever brand they're offering. As soon as you hit 30 minutes, the gift card will be sent right to your email. You can only complete each challenge once per account. Most of the games they will give challenges for are free games, but there are some games that do cost money. I couldn't recommend buying a game just for the task, but if you're a hardcore gamer, you might actually have many of the games they have challenges for.
I also think it's worth mentioning that when they say "play the game" for 30 minutes, you can really just launch the game and so long as it's launched and in focus, the timer will accumulate. I usually will just launch a game, go take a shower, and come back to a free $5 gift card.
Here are a couple other challenges you might see:
- Do something in OMEN Command center, such as using their weird game stream.
- Owning an OMEN accessory/PC required challenges.. For example, attach OMEN accessories (whatever they are), which requires the purchase. I hate these because they're usually for the good gift cards.
- Actually win games. Ex: There was a $5 Amazon GC if you would win a game of League of Legends.
Overall, it's really easy, instant, free money.
Here are a couple things to consider to maximize earnings:
- Don't delay. It says 24 hours is the limit, but I'm pretty sure if the gift cards run out it'll just remove the task from you if you haven't started... Ex: I activated the League challenge, went to bed, and when I woke up it was gone.
- The challenges change extremely frequently. Literally 2-3 times per day. I tend to check OMEN CC in the morning, in the afternoon, and late evening. On good days you could get $5-10 in GCs per day with very very little effort.
Conclusion
OMEN CC is absolutely a gold mine. I wonder how large their marketing budget is. Enjoy it while it lasts.
If you're a gamer I would also recommend checking out PlayVIG. I made a post about that here. Also, /u/Mikazah made a great post about a ton of different ways to get paid to play games. Read that post here.
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