All the talk about robots and synths and deathclaw butlers or what have you, but this caught my eye down at the very bottom of the blog post.
"And something that we’re really excited about, a complete overhaul of Survival Mode that changes how you play the whole game: food, sleep, diseases, danger and more."
So looks like they're putting in hardcoe mode after all, I just hope the ammo weight makes it in too.