Facebook Newsfeed - remove game updates

I don't really have much interest in how FB friends of mine are faring (or not) on their games, so I don't need to see the updates in my newsfeed. Here's how to remove them (at least until FB change their settings again):

Go to the profile of a FB friend who sends you such updates. Find one of the updates, and click on the application name in the right hand side of the update. That takes you to the app page. There you can block the app from sending updates.