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Following the company's recent announcement of Game Pass membership updates, including a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are seeking fresh ways to get the most from their subscription. If you keeping their membership or considering signing up, here are our latest picks.

This weekend's titles feature a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie journey, and a superb puzzle game set to depart from the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the best ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that description perfectly. You take on the role of a teenager who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming friendships, working part-time jobs, and keeping up with schoolwork. At night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by exploring unique locations themed around your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic battle system, impeccable art design, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also features a incredibly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights lesser-known games. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent game is a magical realist journey rooted in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is pulled into a colorful world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and helps the realm's residents by gathering an assortment of objects. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small game that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is set to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you definitely must. Studio the creators crafted one of the best puzzle games of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving between worlds inside other dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the form of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a highly natural manner, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that now.