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After Microsoft's recent news of Xbox Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are seeking fresh ways to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about signing up, here are our latest picks.

Our selected titles feature a beloved JRPG, a charming independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzler set to leave the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the best ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include making new friends, working part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. At night, you investigate a chilling serial murder case by exploring strange locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable art design, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights lesser-known indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie adventure is a magical realist journey steeped in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother make soup, is transported to a colorful world filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an educational PC game from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of objects. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small experience that openly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a few days to play it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element focuses on transitioning among worlds within additional worlds, and often you'll transport those realms, in the form of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is built in a very natural manner, yet they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by many players. We should rectify that now.