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Following the company's latest news of Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, numerous subscribers are seeking new methods to maximize their membership. If you holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are this week's picks.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzle game scheduled to leave the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best ways to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your goals involve forming friendships, working employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. At night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by exploring unique locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights lesser-known games. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this enchanting independent adventure is a fantasy journey steeped in Latin American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandma make soup, is pulled into a vibrant world populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa plays out similar to an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and aids the world's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a sweet small game that openly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a few days to play it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Developer the creators crafted one of the best puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around moving between realms within additional dimensions, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a highly intuitive way, though they can test you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was a bit missed by the masses. Let's rectify that while we can.