PC Format Issue 259

This issue is dated December 2011 and priced at £5.99. It was released in October 2011.

Features
Gaming on the Go - (17 pages)
 * What does it take to build the ultimate gaming notebook? As Jeremy Laird discovers, it's all about graphics, graphics and graphics...

Game Download Services - (4 pages)
 * Steam is dominating digital download distribution, but it's facing some increasingly tough competition. Can any of them measure up, asks Henry Winchester?

Lock it or Lose it - (8 pages)
 * 21st century security is getting serious. It's time to lock down your laptop, your gaming accounts and your windows log-in with uncrackable passwords.

Cloud Gaming: Onlive vs Gaikai - (6 pages)
 * Gaikai and OnLive could mean big things for the PC gaming, says Phil Iwaniuk. But exactly how will cloud gaming change the industry.

HotWired
Get your clan talking - (4 pages)

Enhance your wireless network - (4 pages)

Previews
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission - Dan Griliopoulos - (2 pages)

Dishonored - Henry Winchester - (2 pages)

Free Gifts
Windows 8 Preview Pull-out - (24 pages)

Other Credits
Art Editor
 * Paul Blachford

Deputy Editor
 * Dave James

Operations & Games Editor
 * Chris Thornett

Designer
 * Steve Hanlon

Technology Writers
 * Phil Iwaniuk, Jeremy Laird, Luis Villazon

New Media Editor
 * Jeremy Ford

Contributors
 * Richard Cobbett, Simon Crisp, Dan Griliopoulos, Matt Hanson, Duncan Harris, Neil Mohr, Adam Oxford, Tom Senior, Rich McCormick, Henry Winchester