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Following the company's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are looking for new methods to get the most from their membership. For those holding onto their subscription or considering signing up, here are this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles feature a beloved JRPG, a charming independent adventure, and a superb puzzler set to leave the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best methods to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming new friends, taking on employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you investigate a chilling serial murder case by venturing into strange dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also features a highly engrossing cycle that will keep you up late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary selling point for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller games. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in Latin American culture. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the realm's residents by gathering an inventory of items. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to exit the service on October 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you definitely should. Developer the creators crafted one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning among realms within additional worlds, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a very intuitive way, yet they will test you as well. 2023 was a big year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by many players. We should correct that while we can.