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Following Microsoft's latest news of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, numerous subscribers are looking for fresh ways to maximize their membership. For those holding onto their membership or considering signing up, here are this week's picks.

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

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top methods to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, captivating RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill exactly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has relocated to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve making new friends, working employment, and managing studies. At night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by venturing into unique locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, flawless art design, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also features a incredibly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription 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 game is a magical realist tale rooted in South American culture. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the world's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little experience that openly showcases its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around transitioning among worlds inside other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is designed in a highly intuitive manner, yet they can test you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit overlooked by the masses. We should rectify that now.