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It was only a matter of time before they combined two of the world’s most popular apps: Pokémon GO and Tinder, and they’ve gone and done just that.

Enter: PokéDates, the world’s first Pokémon GO dating service , which has launched for single Pokémon GO fans looking for love.

To become a PokéDates' member, you first need to sign up to the website, answer a few questions about your ideal partner, and then fill in a schedule of when you're free to go roaming for Pokémon.

The dating service then pairs up applicants, and sends them both a time and location, near a Pokéstop or gym, to meet and play the game.

However, unlike the game, PokéDates isn’t free of charge. While the first PokeDate won't cost you if you use the promo code "POKEDATES2016", each succeeding date will set you back $20 (about £15) a pop.

While the idea itself is fresh out the oven, the company powering the service is by no means new. It's a spin-off from Project Fixup, a dating service that organises dates for you using real people - are employed to match you up - rather than algorithms. However, the service is so far only available in the US, but it's bound to make its way to the UK soon.

If you’ve somehow managed to escape the hype surround the latest craze and are unaware of what Pokémon GO is, it’s an augmented reality smartphone game from Nintendo that lets players hunt Pokémon characters in the real world. It is available for both Android and iPhones and was an instant hit when released across the world.

The app has only been available to download in the UK for less than a week, and already it’s taken the country by storm, and not in all positive ways. We’ve seen people quitting their jobs to become full-time Pokémon GO players, and Costa coffee shops bombarded with Pokémon GO players after unwittingly becoming a Pokégym, a place in the game where players can train their caught creatures.

Perhaps more seriously, video footage recently revealed how three police officers cheated death after a driver playing Pokémon GO smashed into a squad car just metres away from where they were standing.

The footage was captured on the body-worn camera of one of the officers, and shows the car veering off the main road and crashing directly into the patrol vehicle.

Thankfully, there was no one inside the police car at the time of the incident.

After getting out of his own car, the driver admitted to officers that he had been playing on Pokémon GO , and looking down at his phone at the time of the incident.