You don’t mess with Agent 47.  You may not even know he’s there, but if you’re in his sights, you might as well draw up your will and say goodbye to everything, because chances are you won’t survive.  The master CIA assassin has been doing his damage for the past few years, and this fall, he continues on his suave yet destructive journey of perfect kills with Hitman: Absolution.  Square Enix recently invited us down to its suite during the Consumer Electronics Show to get a better look at the game.

One would've thought that Rockstar Games would've relied on its one-trick pony business with the mega-successful Grand Theft Auto franchise.  But last year it proved that wasn't the case, with a remarkable Western action game called Red Dead Redemption, which is still quite playable nearly a year and a half after its release.  To celebrate everything that the game is about -- along with its accompanying downloadable content -- the company is prepping a Game of the Year edition for this October.  And we've got several reasons why you shouldn't miss out on it.