The Cronus Zen is an external device that can be used to manipulate gameplay for unfair advantages. Devices like the Cronus Zen have been around for a long time, and I first heard about an earlier iteration back when Call of Duty: Warzone first launched in 2020. The device is now back in the spotlight once again, this time in NBA 2K26.
A newly updated $60 script (yes, people are selling this) that promises auto-green timing has started gaining traction. There’s a full video on YouTube that shows how it works, and it really does seem to deliver perfect jump shot windows and auto-green timing. It even promises to mitigate controller drift. We don’t endorse cheating in any game, so we’re not going to link it here, but here’s a reaction to the Cronus Zen and the new script from a player on Reddit:
“Y’all really buy zens just to hide behind screens full time for 10 hours a day
The first 100 ppl already hit that Legend 4 a month ago my dawg. Ya’ll just out here ruining 2k for absolutely nothing.”
Seriously, Why?
While I don’t respect it, I understand the people who are just trying to make a quick buck with the Cronus Zen by selling scripts for it. There’s money to be made with this for some folks, and the modding scene has always had a shady but profitable sub-economy. What I fail to understand is the rationale of the people who actually buy this stuff.
The Cronus Zen offers mechanical advantages like no-recoil shooting, rapid fire, and perfectly timed button inputs. While it can’t quite play the game for you, with this new script, it does seem to do 80% of the hard work. But here’s the reality behind cheating in a game like NBA 2K: You don’t gain respect, you don’t become a better player, and most of the people using certainly aren’t competing for money or eSports glory.
There are probably some streamers out there using this, and while farming fake stats and empty clout isn’t anything new, it does ruin the game. And that’s where it hurts the most. It’s not about unfair advantages, it’s about the erasure of trust. The NBA 2K community is toxic as is, and this Reddit comment sums up the current state:
“With both of those games, [League of Legends and Call of Duty], you would often meet cool people or at least people who would say GG. 2K NEVER has that. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a 2K player just say good game”
Of course, cheating in sports games isn’t exclusive to NBA 2K. EA FC 26 has a similar problem, where cheaters and performance issues run rampant on PC.
