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After Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, many subscribers are seeking new ways to get the most from their subscription. For those holding onto their membership or thinking about signing up, here are this week's picks.

Our selected games feature a beloved JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the best ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill exactly. You take on the role of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve forming friendships, working employment, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by venturing into unique locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a highly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller indie gems. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie adventure is a fantasy tale rooted in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is transported to a vibrant realm populated by potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the realm's residents by gathering an assortment of objects. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little experience that proudly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to exit the service on October 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely should. Developer the creators crafted one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving between realms inside other dimensions, and often you'll transport those realms, in the shape of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a very intuitive way, yet they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit overlooked by the masses. We should rectify that while we can.