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After Microsoft's latest news of Xbox Game Pass subscription changes, including a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty per month, numerous members are seeking new ways to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their subscription or considering joining, we present this week's picks.

This weekend's titles include a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill perfectly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals include forming new friends, taking on part-time jobs, and managing studies. By night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for the service, the platform also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful world filled with potato-stealing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and helps the world's residents by collecting an inventory of items. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that openly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is set to leave the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between realms within other dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a highly natural way, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that while we can.