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Following Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass subscription changes, including a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, many subscribers are seeking new methods to maximize their membership. If you keeping their membership or thinking about joining, here are this week's picks.

This weekend's titles feature a acclaimed JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill perfectly. Players take on the role of a high school student who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your goals involve forming new friends, working part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. By night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by exploring unique dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming independent game is a fantasy journey steeped in Latin American culture. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is pulled into a vibrant world populated by potato-stealing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the realm's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of items. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Developer the creators crafted one of the best puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving between worlds within additional dimensions, and often you'll transport those realms, in the form of vibrant orbs, with you.

Although it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a highly natural manner, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat missed by many players. We should correct that now.