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After Microsoft's recent news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 per month, many members are seeking new methods to get the most from their subscription. If you keeping their subscription or thinking about joining, here are our latest recommendations.

This weekend's games include a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie journey, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to depart from the platform shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top methods to get your money's worth from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill exactly. Players take on the role of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals involve making new friends, working employment, and keeping up with studies. At night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by venturing into strange locations based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for the service, the subscription also showcases smaller games. A perfect example 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 culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the realm's residents by gathering an inventory of objects. Even if it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small game that openly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around transitioning among realms inside other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the shape of colorful orbs, with you.

Although it doesn't have explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a highly natural way, yet they will test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit missed by the masses. We should correct that now.