Mina Mendes, German supermodel and Warzone tournament host, has launched her own esports organisation, EXM Esports.
She has also invited a host of Call of Duty talent to a Warzone LAN in Dubai, including well-known UK streamers (see bottom of article).
Mina Mendes’ new esports organisation have signed several Australian CoD players, including Crimzah, Zepa, Restalling and Immense, who were previously competing as an org-less team.
Team EXM will be flying out to Raleigh, North Carolina to take part in the Call of Duty League Major 1 tournament as a Challengers team. They will be facing Awobabobs on Wednesday December 14th 2022 in round one.
This event will be hosted by the Call of Duty League live from December 15th to 18th 2022.
EXM added: “Introducing EXM eSports, founded by Mina Mendes. Mina’s rise in esports is unparalleled. Her drive to improve competitive esports never stops, from her successful online Warzone tournaments to her upcoming giant LAN event and founding of EXM. The next chapter starts now!”
Mina Mendes has held several online Warzone tournaments, and is planning a big upcoming one for next year.
Warzone is of course the popular battle royale version of Call of Duty. Warzone 2.0 recently launched in November 2022.
Mina Mendes to host 2023 Warzone LAN in Dubai
Mina Mendes is hosting a Warzone LAN event in Dubai in February 2023, with a $250,000 prize pool.
She is aiming to invite 100 players to this. Notable invited UK talent include London Royal Ravens’ Jukeyz and Angelika, Fifakill from Quadrant (who also won the 100k solo World Series of Warzone, EmZ from Cloud9 and more. And Mina has told Esports News UK they will definitely be taking part.
There will be lots more talent getting involved, with Mina finishing up the invite list.
More details on the Dubai LAN are set to be revealed in due course.
Mina Mendes was also previously an ambassador and Twitch streamer for UK esports organisation Team Delirium.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
