E-sports league that prohibited women Hearthstone players reverses policy after talking with Blizzard

After causing a controversy, an international e-sports league is changing its rules to welcome women players after having discussions with one of competitive gaming’s most-important publishers.

The International E-sports Federation (IESF) is ending its policy that prohibits women from competing against men in pro-gaming competitions, according to a post on its website. Earlier today, the Finnish Assembly Summer 2014 e-sports tournament came under fire from critics when people learned that women could not enter a number of its competitions. The Finnish league explained it was making its rules in accordance with the South Korean-based IESF. That governing body originally decided to segregate men and women because it is trying to get e-sports into the Olympics, which has very few gender-integrated events.