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After Microsoft's latest announcement of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, many subscribers are seeking new ways to get the most from their subscription. For those keeping their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are this week's picks.

Our selected titles feature a acclaimed JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzler set to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that description perfectly. You step into the part of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming friendships, taking on employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by exploring unique dungeons themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic battle system, flawless visuals, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles 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 Spirited Away, this charming indie game is a magical realist journey rooted in Latin American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful world populated by potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles puzzles and helps the realm's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little game that proudly showcases its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning among worlds within other worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the form of vibrant spheres, with you.

While it lacks direct guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a very intuitive manner, yet they will challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat missed by many players. Let's rectify that now.