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

Following Microsoft's latest announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, including a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are seeking new methods to get the most from their subscription. If you keeping their membership or considering joining, here are our latest picks.

This weekend's games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a charming indie journey, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top ways to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that description perfectly. You step into the role of a high school student who has just moved to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include making new friends, taking on part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by exploring unique locations based on your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic battle system, flawless art design, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller games. A great example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent game is a fantasy journey rooted in Latin American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the realm's residents by gathering an assortment of objects. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming small game that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is set to exit the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzle games of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element revolves around transitioning among worlds within other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful orbs, with you.

Although it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a very intuitive way, yet they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit overlooked by the masses. Let's correct that while we can.