Lansdcape & portrait mode keep switching

I have 2 games downloaded from iTunes (Bejeweled & Sonic the Hedgehog) and they keep switching from landscape to portrait, without my intervention.
When I close the games, the menu flips to landscape orientation.
If I click on Cover flow the menu switches back to portrait.
Does anyone know how I can solve this?

I Just spent over an hour with support on this issue and apparently in iOS 8 they removed the option for the phones to lock in landscape mode. So, there is nothing wrong with your phone, unfortunately they removed a very useful feature.  Maybe they will see if enough users want it they will fix it in an update. 

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