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After the company's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, including a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, many subscribers are looking for fresh methods to get the most from their membership. If you keeping their subscription or considering joining, here are this week's picks.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful independent journey, and a superb puzzle game set to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill exactly. Players step into the part 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 employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by exploring unique locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, strategic battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller games. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this charming indie game is a magical realist tale rooted in South American traditions. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other quirky animals.

Sopa plays out like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the realm's residents by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming little game that proudly celebrates its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic revolves around moving among realms inside other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful spheres, alongside you.

While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly natural way, yet they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by many players. We should correct that while we can.