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After the company's recent news of Xbox Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty monthly, numerous subscribers are seeking fresh methods to maximize their subscription. For those keeping their membership or considering signing up, here are this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles feature a beloved JRPG, a delightful independent journey, and a superb puzzle game scheduled to leave the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top methods to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill perfectly. You take on the role of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives include making new friends, working employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this enchanting independent game is a fantasy tale steeped in South American culture. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that proudly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you definitely must. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around moving among realms within other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the shape of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a very intuitive way, though they will test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit missed by the masses. We should correct that now.