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After the company's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $thirty monthly, many subscribers are seeking new ways to maximize their membership. For those holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are this week's picks.

Our selected games feature a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a delightful independent adventure, and a superb puzzler scheduled to depart from the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description perfectly. Players take on the part of a high school student who has just moved to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming new friends, working employment, and managing studies. By night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by exploring strange dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary selling point for the service, the platform also showcases smaller games. A perfect instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this charming indie game is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful world populated by potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an educational PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the realm's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of objects. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that openly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is scheduled to exit the service on October 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Developer the creators designed one of the best puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving between worlds inside additional dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

While it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly natural manner, though they will challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that now.