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After the company's latest news of Xbox Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, many subscribers are looking for fresh ways to maximize their subscription. If you holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are this week's picks.

This weekend's titles feature a beloved JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzler scheduled to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top methods to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill exactly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve making friendships, taking on employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into unique dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, impeccable art design, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for the service, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this enchanting indie adventure is a fantasy tale rooted in South American traditions. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa plays out similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the world's residents by gathering an inventory of items. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small game that proudly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element revolves around transitioning between realms inside additional worlds, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of colorful spheres, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly intuitive manner, though they can test you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit missed by many players. Let's correct that while we can.