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After the company's recent news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 per month, many subscribers are looking for new ways to get the most from their membership. If you keeping their membership or considering signing up, here are this week's recommendations.

This weekend's titles include a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful independent journey, and a superb puzzler set to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top 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 bill exactly. You take on the part of a high school student who has relocated to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming friendships, working employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by venturing into strange dungeons based on your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless art design, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a highly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases 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 Spirited Away, this enchanting independent game is a fantasy journey steeped in Latin American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a colorful world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa plays out like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's residents by collecting an assortment of objects. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa is a sweet little game that proudly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is scheduled to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer the creators designed one of the best puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving between realms inside additional dimensions, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of vibrant orbs, with you.

While it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a very natural way, yet they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by many players. We should rectify that now.