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Following the company's recent news of Game Pass subscription changes, including a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, many subscribers are seeking new ways to get the most from their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about joining, here are this week's picks.

Our selected games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best methods 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 exactly. Players take on the role of a high school student who has relocated to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve making friendships, working employment, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange dungeons themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, flawless art design, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the subscription also showcases lesser-known games. A great instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in South American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is pulled into a colorful world filled with potato-stealing frogs and various quirky animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an educational computer title from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the realm's inhabitants by gathering an inventory of items. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on October 15, leaving only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer the creators crafted one of the best puzzle games of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving between realms within other worlds, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a very natural way, yet they will test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit overlooked by many players. Let's correct that now.