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Following the company's latest news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are looking for new methods to get the most from their membership. For those holding onto their membership or considering signing up, we present this week's picks.

This weekend's games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game set to leave the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that description exactly. You step into the part of a high school student who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include making new friends, working part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by exploring unique locations based on your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, flawless art design, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a highly addictive cycle that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller games. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie game is a fantasy tale rooted in South American culture. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a colorful world filled with potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric creatures.

Sopa unfolds similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little game that proudly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between realms inside other worlds, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the shape of colorful orbs, with you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a very intuitive manner, yet they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by the masses. Let's rectify that while we can.