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After Microsoft's recent news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty monthly, many subscribers are looking for fresh ways to maximize their membership. If you keeping their subscription or considering signing up, here are our latest recommendations.

This weekend's titles include a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful independent journey, and a brilliant puzzle game set to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill exactly. You step into the part of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your objectives include making friendships, taking on part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by exploring unique dungeons themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable art design, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the subscription also highlights lesser-known indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this enchanting indie adventure is a magical realist journey rooted in South American culture. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the world's residents by gathering an assortment of items. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet small game that openly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a few days to play it via subscription — and you absolutely should. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on transitioning between realms within other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

While it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a very intuitive way, yet they will challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was a bit overlooked by the masses. We should correct that now.