On September 24, 2026, 2K announced that it has issued the first wave of permanent account bans in NBA 2K27 against players using cheats and scripts, and that the bans reach back to the start of Early Access on August 26. The statement, titled “Protecting Fair Play,” was posted to the game’s official Steam news feed.
What 2K Is Banning
The announcement targets one specific kind of cheating: “cheats and scripts to gain an unfair advantage through shooting aids and other input manipulation.” In practice that covers tools that time your shot release for you or feed the game inputs you did not make yourself. 2K says this behavior violates its Player Code of Conduct.
The key details from the statement:
- Bans are retroactive to day one. Any account found to have used these methods since Early Access opened on August 26, 2026 is subject to a permanent account ban.
- Repeat offenders lose the hardware, not just the account. 2K says repeated cheating “will result in a console/PC ban,” so making a fresh account is not a way back in.
- Every ban is reviewed. 2K says each ban is “reviewed and confirmed before it is applied.”
- This is the first wave, not the last. The statement calls enforcement “the standard going forward” and says new detection capabilities are already in development.
2K promised action on cheating back in August. This is the first time it has said bans are actually going out, and the retroactive window is the part that matters: a player who used a shooting aid in the first week and stopped is still exposed.
2K did not say how many accounts were banned in this first wave, and it did not describe an appeal process in the announcement.
What This Means for Players
If you have been losing online games to suspiciously perfect jumpers, this is the response. If you have been using a script, the retroactive window means stopping now does not clear your record.
The legitimate way to green more shots is still settings and timing. Our best shooting settings guide covers the options that actually move your make rate, and the September 17 gameplay update made shot contests tougher, which changes what counts as a good look. A strong build and the right badge tokens and cap breakers do the rest without putting your account at risk.
A permanent account ban means losing access to that account and whatever VC you put into it, so anyone grinding currency should stick to the methods in our VC guide. Everything else we have written on the game is on the NBA 2K27 hub.
Source: 2K, “Protecting Fair Play (September 24)” on the NBA 2K27 Steam news feed, September 24, 2026.