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Electronic Arts game resource package file

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File extension BIG - Electronic Arts game resource package file

File type specification:

Game file type icon Game file type

What is BIG file extension:

The BIG file extension is commonly used in games developed or produced by Electronic Arts (EA). A .big file is resource container, that can hold various data used in games, such as animations, textures, videos, sounds, language localization and more. This format is also known as EA BIG BIGF file.

These files can be extracted by some specialized tools, such as Dragon UnPACker, which are often used for modding purposes.

Reported game that use BIG format for their resource files:

  • Ajax Club Football 2005
  • Command And Conquer: Generals
  • Command And Conquer: Tiberian Wars
  • Def Jam: Fight For NY
  • EA Cricket 2005
  • Euro 2000
  • FIFA 1999
  • FIFA 2000
  • FIFA 2001
  • FIFA 2002
  • FIFA 2003
  • FIFA 2004
  • FIFA 2005
  • FIFA 2006
  • FIFA Manager 2006
  • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
  • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (PS2) 
  • NBA 2003
  • NBA 2004 
  • NBA 2005
  • NHL 2003
  • NHL 2004
  • NHL 2005
  • NHL 2006
  • SSX 3
  • UEFA Champions League 2004
  • UEFA Champions League 2005
  • UEFA Euro 2004
  • and probably many other...

The default software that works with big file format:

Dragon UnPACKer icon

Alexandre Devilliers logo Dragon UnPACKer

Company or developer:
  Alexandre Devilliers

Dragon Unpacker is unpacking tool for resource files from computer games, which is very popular in moding community. It supports plethora of file formats.

Game Extractor picture or screenshot

Game Extractor

Company or developer:
  Watto Studios

Game Extractor is a tool for opening and extracting various resource files from vide and computer games.

Help how to open BIG files:

Most .big files can be opened and extracted with Dragon UnPACker.

How to convert file with extension BIG:

N/A

File identification strings:

HEX code: 42 49 47 46
ASCII code: BIGF

List of software associated to the .big file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, Mac OS X etc.) and possible program actions
that can be done with the file
: like open big file, edit big file, convert big file, view big file, play big file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting of the big files.

  • Open big file
  • Extract big file
  • Others big file

Programs that open big file - Electronic Arts game resource package file

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Microsoft Windows platform:

Main software associated with big file by default:
Dragon UnPACKer small icon Dragon UnPACKer
Game Extractor
Other suggested software:
FinalBIG
MultiEx Commander small icon MultiEx Commander

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