Magic Mouse spontaneous rotation

Hi.
My Magic Mouse works fine except for a couple of situations. The problem happens while playing video games (Spec Ops, Sanctum 2, Metro: Last Light), all first person shooters. From the moment I begin the game, the mouse starts moving left infinitely. It happens on menus and during game, which makes the game impossible to play from the first second. I tried the same games with my Playstation 3 controller (and the magic mouse off) and everything was great.
All the games that this happen with are from Steam, but I also play other first person shooters bought on Steam (L4D2, Portal, Team Fortress 2) and everything works great. It only occurred on first person shooters so far. I also play Civilization V and there's no problem either.
Any hints on how to solve this issue?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Telmo

We need far more information.
Has it previously scrolled horizontally? Is the fault restricted to certain browsers or program facilities? What machine are you using it on? Has this problem appeared following an OS upgrade.

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