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Cult of Mac reports that Sega has dropped the price of every Sonic app to $0.99 cents, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, Sonic CD, and Sonic & All-Stars Racing. So, if you have any Sonic missing from your collection, now's a great time to jump on them.

We've contacted Sega to find out what the special occasion is, so stay tuned.

Sonic has spun up a few discounts on his titles, including the newly released Sonic Dash, by dropping the prices of Sonic Dash, Sonic Jump and Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing to $.99 cents. Now would certainly be the time to jump on these titles as the discount is available for a limited time only.

Two new racers have been added. Knuckles and Shadow from the Sonic series can be unlocked, though they don't come cheap, at 500,000 and 750,000 "Sega Miles" (in-game currency) each, though 1.5 million Sega Miles go for $1.99. Inflation has hit Green Hill hard, apprently. As well, there's a new Samba de Amigo-inspired course, Sun Fair.

On the technical side of things, the universal app has been updated with HDMI and AirPlay Mirroring support, meaning the game can be played in full widescreen HD on an HDTV. The update also claims to add in iCloud progress synchronization to the universal app, but I was not able to get it working in testing. This may be in part due to some issues with OpenFeint, but iCloud support has frequently been an issue for games. As well, it's now possible to see friends' Game Center profile avatars when racing online, in order to see just who needs to be passed up. The update is available now.