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XBL Community Games to be renamed "Indie Games"

Plus other content, including XBLA, to receive user ratings later in the year

Microsoft has announced that it will be renaming its Xbox Live Community Games section to Xbox Live Indie Games in an update next month.

The news, released in passing on the company's XNA Creators website, is in response to feedback from XNA users in an attempt to improve discoverability on Xbox Live.

The move is linked to the previously-announced addition of user ratings for Xbox Live content, which is set to arrive in Autumn this year.

Those ratings will also include XBLA titles and various game add-ons, such as downloadable content - again, a move as a result of community feedback.

Other updates in that general update later on in the year will include better matchmaking and the revamping of the friends list on the service.