Amazon To Start Making Theatrical Released Movies

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Amazon is set to begin producing and acquiring its own original films, putting them out for theatrical release followed by release on Amazon Prime four to six weeks later. Amazon is planning to put out about a dozen movies per year.

Walmart Changes Price Match Policy

Walmart has changed their price-matching policy following a series of fraudulent purchases made earlier this week.

Taking advantage of Amazon's ability to create third-party vendor pages for items, customers turned in printed screenshots of unofficial PlayStation 4 listings priced at just $90, passing them off as official to get the console at less than a quarter of its market price. However, Walmart's new price-matching rules should prevent others from taking advantage of of the retail giant:

"(W)e’ve updated our policy to clarify that we will match prices from Walmart.com and 30 major online retailers, but we won’t honor prices from marketplace vendors, third-party sellers, auction sites or sites requiring memberships."

Some of the online retailers who made the cut include Amazon, Best Buy, Kmart, Target and Toys-R-Us.

Find the full list of vendors in Walmart's updated online price match policy.

SOURCE IGN

Scam Tricks Walmart into Selling PS4 for $90

In an abuse of Walmart's recently announced online price match policy, several customers have scammed the department store by turning in screencaps of third-party Amazon listings for the PlayStation 4 at $90 USD, instead of its market price of $400 USD. That's less than a quarter of its usual price.

AMAZON'S SET-TOP BOX COULD BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK

Amazon is sending out invites for an event to take place in New York on April 2. According to The Verge, the invite says that it'll give an "update for our video business." It's very possible that whatever Amazon is set to announce next week could be the rumored set-top box with gaming functionality.

Last year, it was rumored that Amazon would develop a Android-powered gaming console for the living room. The latest rumors have it pegged as a set-top box along with a leak revealing a game controller that resembles the OnLive controller with media buttons. It also includes a GameCircle button that resembles Amazon's gaming achievement and cloud save service.

The Wall Street Journal reported today that Amazon is planning an ad-supported streaming service that will deliver TV and music-video programming for free.

It's unclear whether the set-top box is Amazon's gaming device. In any case, interested users should tune into next week's Amazon announcement.

Source Gametrailers

Amazon's console could stream "top-tier" PC games at 30fps

Amazon's rumored console could stream full PC titles, sources speaking with TechCrunch said today. Such functionality would conceivably allow the system to compete directly with Xbox and PlayStation consoles, as well as PC download hubs like Origin and Steam.

Games available for streaming are described as "top-tier," though specific titles were not mentioned. They will be streamed, according to the report, using Amazon's services and will run at 30fps. Amazon already has an extensive network of high-capacity servers across the country, which are currently used to power its various digital content and cloud-based initiatives.

The site's sources also said Amazon's rumored console will have a form factor similar to