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After the company's latest announcement of Xbox Game Pass subscription changes, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $thirty monthly, numerous subscribers are looking for new methods to get the most from their subscription. For those holding onto their subscription or considering signing up, we present this week's recommendations.

This weekend's games include a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to leave the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill exactly. You take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals include forming friendships, working employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by exploring strange dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable art design, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will have you playing past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in South American traditions. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful world filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little game that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to exit Game Pass on October 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Developer the creators designed one of the best puzzle games of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning among realms within additional worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the form of vibrant spheres, with you.

While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is designed in a very natural way, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by the masses. We should correct that now.