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After Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass subscription updates, including a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty monthly, many subscribers are looking for fresh ways to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their subscription or considering joining, we present our latest recommendations.

This weekend's games include a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming independent journey, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to leave the service shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the best methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description perfectly. You step into the part of a teenager who has relocated to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming new friends, working part-time jobs, and managing studies. By night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by exploring unique locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, flawless visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered 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 big titles like Ninja Gaiden IV 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 the animated classic, this enchanting indie game is a fantasy journey rooted in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little experience that openly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving between worlds inside other worlds, and often you'll transport those realms, in the form of colorful spheres, alongside you.

While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is built in a highly intuitive manner, yet they can test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that now.