Three Xbox Game Pass Titles We Are Enjoying This Weekend (October 10-12)

After Microsoft's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 per month, many members are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. For those keeping their subscription or thinking about joining, we present our latest picks.

Our selected titles include a beloved JRPG, a delightful independent journey, and a superb puzzle game scheduled to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top methods to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that description exactly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your goals include forming friendships, taking on part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange dungeons themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights smaller games. A great instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist journey steeped in South American traditions. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an educational computer title from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the world's residents by collecting an assortment of objects. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small game that openly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is set to leave the service on October 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning among realms inside additional dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, with you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a highly natural way, though they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit missed by many players. We should rectify that while we can.