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Following the company's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, including a cost hike for the top tier to $30 monthly, numerous subscribers are looking for new ways to get the most from their subscription. For those keeping their subscription or considering signing up, we present our latest picks.

This weekend's titles feature a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie adventure, and a superb puzzle game set to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill perfectly. You take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming new friends, taking on employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. By night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by exploring unique locations themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, flawless art design, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for the service, the subscription also highlights smaller indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent game is a magical realist journey steeped in South American traditions. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa plays out like an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of objects. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little experience that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you definitely must. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element revolves around transitioning between realms inside additional dimensions, and often you'll carry those realms, in the form of vibrant orbs, with you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a very natural manner, though they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by many players. Let's rectify that while we can.