The Cronus Zen is one of many little hardware modules that have been giving cheaters a physical way to skirt anticheat software for years, in top games like Call of Duty and Destiny 2.

Activision targets the manufacturer of the Cronus Zen device as part of its ongoing effort to combat cheating in its most popular and recent titles, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone ...

The Cronus (and similar products) itself isn't necessarily a bad piece of hardware. It has legitimate use cases, which you could even cross over into being good for accessibility.

A lot of gamers use the Cronus Zen game pack to play MLB The Show 23. While the game has not yet introduced any rules against using such hardware, there are many other games that crack down on ...

The Cronus (and similar products) itself isn't necessarily a bad piece of hardware. It has legitimate use cases, which you could even cross over into being good for accessibility.

Ubisoft has developed a system to detect players that use third-party hardware to spoof controller inputs in Rainbow Six Siege. It’s rolling out mid-season, and will mess with cheaters input ...

A Cronus, or Cronus Zen more specifically, is a cheating device that players attach to their console or PC. When it’s in use, players download ‘scripts’.

Cronus says there is “no timetable” on when it will get devices working again. However, we still don’t know if Sony issued a patch to specifically block the Cronus Zen.

The Cronus Zen, which costs $100 or more and is available on Amazon and at GameStop, among other outlets, does claim to offer accessibility and third-party compatibility options for players.

Destiny 2 XIM, Cronus Zen, and ReaSnow S1 detection may be coming to the popular FPS game, according to a Bungie developer comment recently shared by the Verge.

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