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After the company's latest news of Xbox Game Pass membership updates, including a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, many subscribers are looking for new methods to get the most from their subscription. If you holding onto their membership or considering joining, here are this week's recommendations.

This weekend's games feature a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie journey, and a superb puzzler scheduled to depart from the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the best methods to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill perfectly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals include making friendships, working employment, and managing studies. By night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange locations based on your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable art design, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive gameplay loop that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key selling point for Game Pass, the platform also showcases lesser-known games. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie adventure is a fantasy tale steeped in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a colorful realm populated by potato-stealing frogs and various quirky animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a heartwarming little experience that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you definitely must. Studio the creators crafted one of the best puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on moving between worlds within other dimensions, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful spheres, with you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is built in a highly intuitive way, yet they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's correct that while we can.