Despite the release date being unclear for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds release date on Xbox One, developer Bluehole is pushing on with the development of the title on PC.

The studio has confirmed this week that a new title update is in the works for the breakout hit - news that is sure to please players that have been patiently waiting for new features in the game.

The biggest part of the update will add the ability to vault over items to the game - something that fans are no doubt going to enjoy, especially since so much of the game is about exploring and fleeing various human-controlled enemies.

A new statement from the development team outlines the status of the game on Xbox One and PC:

“We only have 11 weeks until the end of 2017 and we know you have many questions about our development roadmap.

“To make sure we deliver PC 1.0 version and Xbox Game Preview by the end of this year, our development team is hard at work day and night. Today, we would like to share our plans on how we are preparing for PC 1.0 and Xbox Game Preview launch.

“Many of you already know the new content and features that will be available in PC 1.0 version from reading media interviews and articles.

“Currently we have been using an internal build to develop and test new content and features including vaulting & climbing, desert map, new vehicles and 3D replay.

“We have been constantly working on optimization and stabilization as well.

“We will be able to share more about the roadmap soon, once the development has progressed further.”

There is still no news on a specific PS4 release date, though Bluehole has previously stated that it will likely bring its game to Sony's console.

Last week, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer, Bluehole, swung the banhammer on thousands of accounts thanks to reports of cheating, it has been revealed.

The game - which has seen unprecedented success since it came to Steam's Early Access platform - uses BattlEye anti-cheating tech, and the company has announced it's banned over 322,000 cheaters since the game launched in March.

Back in September, the title's creative director Brendan Greene stated that the game had only banned 150,000 players up to that point.

That means over twice as many people have been banned in the last month alone - certainly an indicator of the game's massive popularity.

When Greene first reported that September figure, he stated that up to 8000 people were being banned per day - indicating a growing problem with the game.

Recently, BattlEye states that there are anywhere between 6000 and 13000 bans per day, with the majority of suspended accounts originating in China.

PUBG alos managed to break the all-time record for concurrent players on the PC platform last week.

The game's highest concurrent player count - that's the number of players around the world playing the game at the same time - managed to peak at over 2,300,000 this week.

That's good going: that's over DOTA 2's last record - the game's nearest competitor - which only managed 1,291,328 concurrents earlier this year.

According to SteamDB's unofficial figures, PUBG sales stand at about 15.6 million copies. So don't expect that concurrent number record to stay that low for long.

That's impressive - especially when you consider the game is still technically in its Early Access phase.

Whilst many fans are clamouring for a firm release date from Microsoft, the vast majority are just happy to know that the game is still on track to release this year.

Luckily, Microsoft has re-confirmed that the game is definitely due to come out on the console before the end of the year.

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg stated on Twitter:

"Amazing to see the success and momentum around @PUBATTLEGROUNDS we are working hard and excited to be publishing this game on @Xbox One this holiday!"

Many players are hoping that the game will release in time for the launch of the Xbox One X on November 7, but the wording of Greenberg's tweet ('holiday') suggests we'll be looking at a mid-to-late December launch.

PUBG was given an MA15+ rating in by the Australian rating authority, which - according to VG247 - is the second strongest classification a game can receive from the board.

The classification page also suggests the game will release with a different name on the Microsoft console.

The rating page lists PUBG as "PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: The Ultimate Life & Death Fight".

It's a long title and could make it even harder for players to pronounce the already awkwardly-contracted name.

Widely referred to as PUBG, and sometimes called 'plunkbat' colloquially, the game may end up as PUBGTULADF.

And that's just unpleasant to hear and say, frankly.