App Store shows there is an update for an uninstalled application

I have installed a game from App Store and since I dislike it I have removed. Still the app store is reminding me that there is an update available for that game. This is not happening with iTunes Store so why with Mac App Store?

Hi,
Open a Finder window. Select your Home folder in the Sidebar on the left. Open the LIbrary folder, then the Caches folder. Move the com.apple.appstore and the com.apple.storeagent files to the Trash.
From the same Library folder open the the Preferences folder. Move the com.apple.apptstore.plist and the com.apple.storeagent.plist files to the Trash.
Same Library folder again, open the Cookies folder. Move the com.apple.appstore.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac. Launch the MAS. See if that helped.
Carolyn

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