Crounus cheaters are getting sniped across the biggest FPS games
If you're into online FPS games, you'll likely have heard of Cronus. 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. Now big-name game developers are cracking down on their use, with Activision pushing out a ban. And it looks like Bungie could be soon to follow.
On the Cronus site(opens in new tab), the creators place the Zen as «the world's best game controller converter.» Similar to how Xim(opens in new tab) and other physical cheat devices work, it's essentially a controller emulation peripheral with scripting technology that offers a little bag of tricks to anyone willing to drop $120 for an advantage. Common uses include reduced kickback from gunfire, and giving mouse and keyboard players use of the aim assist function.
There's some grey area as to their use, though since it's all but impossible to tell if players are using these kinds of devices responsibly, an outright ban seems to be the logical step for developers to prevent people from gaining an unfair competitive advantage. As such, Activision is now closing in on cheaters with the latest Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0 update(opens in new tab), which includes «third-party hardware device detection».
A few days later on April 9, an admin on the Chronus Discord(opens in new tab) posted an announcement, letting users know there are likely to be consequences for using a Cronus device in CoD.
«We are currently investigating reports that the latest game update includes a detection system that might be able to identify the use of the Cronus Zen. Therefore, we want to remind you that using the Cronus Zen could potentially result
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