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Following the company's recent announcement of Game Pass subscription changes, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, many members are looking for fresh methods to get the most from their subscription. For those holding onto their membership or thinking about joining, here are this week's picks.

Our selected games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie journey, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best methods to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve forming friendships, taking on employment, and managing schoolwork. At night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for many reasons. It also boasts a incredibly 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 selling point for the service, the platform also showcases lesser-known games. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie adventure is a fantasy tale steeped in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out like an educational computer title from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the world's residents by gathering an assortment of objects. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little experience that openly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving among worlds within additional dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of colorful spheres, alongside you.

Although it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a highly natural manner, yet they will test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that now.