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After the company's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $thirty per month, many members are looking for fresh ways to get the most from their membership. If you keeping their subscription or considering joining, here are our latest picks.

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

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top methods to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description perfectly. You step into the role of a high school student who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve making friendships, working part-time jobs, and managing studies. By night, you investigate a disturbing serial murder case by exploring strange dungeons themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic battle system, impeccable art design, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights lesser-known games. A great example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this charming independent adventure is a fantasy tale steeped in Latin American culture. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is pulled into a vibrant world populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small experience that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element revolves around transitioning among realms inside additional dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a very natural way, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by many players. Let's rectify that while we can.