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Following Microsoft's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership updates, featuring a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, numerous subscribers are seeking new methods to get the most from their membership. If you holding onto their subscription or thinking about joining, we present our latest recommendations.

This weekend's games feature a beloved JRPG, a delightful independent journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that description perfectly. You step into the role of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals involve forming friendships, working employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic battle system, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also boasts a incredibly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this charming independent adventure is a fantasy tale rooted in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and helps the realm's residents by collecting an inventory of items. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small game that proudly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between realms within other dimensions, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

While it doesn't have explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a very natural way, yet they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by the masses. Let's correct that while we can.