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Following Microsoft's latest announcement of Game Pass membership changes, including a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, many members are seeking new ways to get the most from their subscription. For those keeping their subscription or considering signing up, here are this week's picks.

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

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that description perfectly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals include making new friends, working employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by exploring strange dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for good reason. It also features a incredibly addictive cycle that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary 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 Spirited Away, this enchanting indie adventure is a fantasy tale steeped in Latin American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric creatures.

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 inhabitants by gathering an assortment of items. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little experience that proudly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave Game Pass on October 15, leaving only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer the creators crafted one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among realms within other worlds, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is built in a highly natural manner, yet they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by the masses. Let's rectify that now.