In Doom, I see a world brimming with demons, explosions, and hellfire. I see familiar faces screaming, with bloodthirsty eyes and unwavering stares. Playing it delivers the same cathartic craze the original Doom and Doom II did in the early ’90s: overwhelmed by the horrors around every turn, but empowered with an impressive collection of weapons at the ready.
But the new Doom is louder and faster than the old model. Its battles ask more of you, and its heavy-metal soundtrack causes your body to quiver from turbulent surges of adrenaline. From the outset two things are made immediately clear: you were born to kill demons, and you’ll do anything it takes. You will wrench countless jaws from their joints and eviscerate the swollen flesh of your enemies between bouts of furi…
Real Madrid midfielder Sergio Canales reveals that he would be more than happy to stay at Mestalla after his loan deal ends at the end of the season.
The 21-year-old joined Real Madrid in July 2010 from Racing Santander, but he was never given a chance to impress at Santiago Bernabeu and was farmed out on loan to Valencia in August 2011.
Canales had a promising start to his career at Mestalla, but he was then forced to miss six months of action after suffering a knee injury.
The player has just returned into action and he is delighted to be playing football again.
“It has been a long time waiting. I really wanted to play and also to return with victory,” Canales was in Marca.
“After so long, almost six months of recovery, I needed to play …
Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves admits that he could make a move to the MLS.
The 31-year-old has been out of action since leaving Manchester City in May, despite being linked with a number of English Premier League clubs.
Latest media reports have suggested that Hargreaves is pondering a move to the MLS, and the player admits such a scenario is possible.
“Yes. They want me to go and play over there,” the midfielder in Daily Express.
“It is a big move, you have to decide do you want to make the move, a big change. There are so many things I could do there and it would be nice to spend time in Canada.
“I am fit but having focused so much on football since I was 15, I am just taking a step back.”
Owen Hargreave…
Dutchman Orlando Engelaar will join German Bundesliga side Schalke 04. The player will be re-united with manager Fred Rutten.
Rutten recently made a move to Schalke from FC Twente, which was also the club where Engelaar became one of the stronger players in the Dutch Eredivisie this season.
The Rotterdam-born midfielder, 28 years old, began his career at NAC Breda in 2000. Four years later he left the Netherlands for the first time to join KRC Genk and in 2006 he signed a deal with FC Twente, whom he helped to clinch a Champions League preliminary round spot for next season.
It is unknown how much Schalke will be paying for the player, who formed part of the Dutch squad for Euro 2008.
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Newcastle have lost two successive matches across the Christmas period but it could have been a whole lot different for Alan Pardew s side.
The 1999 FA Cup runners-up led on three occasions but went on to lose 4-3 against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Boxing Day.
With scores locked at 3-3 in the dying moments, Javier Hernandez popped up to break Newcastle s hearts.
And Newcastle were involved in another high-scoring thriller with Arsenal on Saturday, suffering a mammoth 7-3 defeat.
However, the score flattered the London club with their final three goals coming in the last five minutes at Etihad Stadium, leaving Newcastle languishing in 15th position on the Premier League table, three points clear of the drop zone.
Newcastle have now shipp…
One week into the new Premier League season, momentum looked to be on the side of Mikel Arteta and Arsenal in north London.
The Gunners had ended the previous campaign by winning the FA Cup, beating Manchester City and Chelsea in the process, and then saw off champions Liverpool in the Community Shield.
After swatting aside Fulham 3-0 in their opening league fixture, Arsenal were top of the table and looking ahead to the rest of the 2020-21 season with great optimism.
Rivals Tottenham, meanwhile, having scraped into the Europa League under Jose Mourinho, lost at home to Everton, seemingly setting the stage for another difficult year.
How quickly things change. Heading into this weekend s derby, it is Spurs riding high as Arsenal languish i…