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After Microsoft's latest news of Xbox Game Pass subscription updates, including a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, many members are seeking fresh methods to get the most from their subscription. If you holding onto their membership or thinking about joining, we present our latest picks.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a charming independent adventure, and a superb puzzler set 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 diving into a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that description exactly. Players take on the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your goals include making friendships, working part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. At night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by exploring strange dungeons themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for good reason. It also boasts a highly engrossing cycle that will keep you up late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the subscription also showcases smaller indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this charming independent game is a magical realist tale rooted in South American culture. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a colorful world populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho solves puzzles and aids the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of objects. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little experience that proudly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a few days to play it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among realms inside additional worlds, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the form of colorful spheres, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a very natural manner, yet they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by many players. We should rectify that while we can.