Zachary "zekken" Patrone of Sentinels seen onstage with trophy after victory at VALORANT Masters Madrid Grand Finals at the Madrid Arena on March 24, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Colin Young-Wolff, Riot Games

MANILA - Fil-Am Valorant star Zachary "Zekken" Patrone has renewed his contract with North American squad Sentinels. 

In a video, where he kicked the "red chair," Valorant legend Tyson "TenZ" Ngo and Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi announced their retirement in, Zekken said he was "not going anywhere." 

Zekken was a crucial figure in Sentinels' road to the Valorant Masters championship in Madrid earlier this year.

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During the finals against Korean squad Gen.G, Zekken snagged 100 kills and 29 assists, contributing to an average combat score of 263, according to vlr.gg data. 

Unfortunately, Sentinels wasn't able to replicate this in the Valorant Champions stage,  losing to eventual finalists Team Heretics 2-1 in the lower bracket of the world championship in Seoul, South Korea. 

Zekken's announcement comes after both TenZ and Sacy announced their retirement from competitive Valorant.

TenZ and Sacy's announcements, done separately earlier this week, adds to the long list of retirees from the heydays of the FPS game's esports scene who revealed they were retiring this year. 

Filipino Jayvee "DubsteP" Paguirigan announced his retirement in August. 

"I’ve been thinking for quite a while now and decided to quit competitive VALORANT. I think the 4 year run wasn’t so bad after all. I had great teammates throughout my career, placed 5th-8th on the first ever VCT Champions and for that I will be truly forever grateful,"  DubsteP announced on X (Formerly Twitter).