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After the company's latest announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, many subscribers are seeking new methods to get the most from their membership. If you holding onto their membership or considering joining, here are this week's picks.

This weekend's games feature a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a charming independent journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the platform shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top methods to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, captivating RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill exactly. Players step into the role of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals include making new friends, working part-time jobs, and managing studies. By night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by exploring unique locations based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, flawless art design, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up 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 example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie game is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a vibrant world populated by potato-stealing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the realm's residents by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that proudly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit the service on October 15, leaving only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you definitely should. Developer the creators designed one of the best puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning between realms within additional dimensions, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a highly natural way, though they can test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. We should correct that while we can.