The reason why Captain Cutter sounds so familiar yet also sounding obviously different is because voice actor Gideon Emery, who voices Cutter in Halo Wars 2, also voiced Spartan Jermone in the first Halo Wars game.
Takes place 28 years after the events of the first Halo Wars, and a few months after the events of Halo 5: Guardians
Atriox, the main villian, is voiced by John Dimaggio. He is famous for voicing many popular tv and video game characters such as Bender from Futurama and Marcus Fenix from Gears of War. As well he performed the voices and grunts of several Brutes encountered in Halo 3.
Artist White Buffalo's, "I Know You" is featured in the E3 cinematic trailer.
Sequel to 2009's Halo Wars