🔗 Share this article

After Microsoft's latest news of Xbox Game Pass membership updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, many subscribers are looking for new ways to maximize their membership. If you keeping their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are our latest recommendations.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed JRPG, a charming independent journey, and a brilliant puzzle game set to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming new friends, working employment, and keeping up with studies. At night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by exploring unique locations themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable art design, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this enchanting independent adventure is a fantasy tale rooted in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is transported to a vibrant realm populated by potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the world's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa is a sweet little experience that proudly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Studio the creators designed one of the best puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic revolves around moving between realms within other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

While it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a very natural way, though they will challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that now.