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

After Microsoft's latest announcement of Game Pass membership updates, including a cost hike for the top tier to $30 monthly, many members are looking for fresh ways to maximize their subscription. If you holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are our latest picks.

Our selected games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful independent journey, and a superb puzzler set to leave the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top methods to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill perfectly. You step into the role of a high school student who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals include forming friendships, working employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by venturing into strange dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic battle system, impeccable art design, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller indie gems. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this enchanting indie adventure is a fantasy tale rooted in South American traditions. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a colorful world populated by potato-stealing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by gathering an inventory of objects. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a short time to play it via subscription — and you definitely should. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among worlds inside other dimensions, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, with you.

Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a very intuitive manner, yet they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by many players. We should rectify that now.