Electronic Arts game resource package
File type: Game file
Files with big extension are usually found as part of various computer games produced, or developed by Electronic Arts. A big file is data archive used to store game data including animations, textures, videos, sounds etc.
Found 5 different file type records with the same big filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: July 11, 2024
File extension big is commonly used in games developed or produced by Electronic Arts (EA).
The 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 moding purposes.
Reported game that use BIG format for their resource files:
Most *.big files can be opened and extracted with Dragon UnPACker.
The *.big file is an archive with various game data files, textures, sounds etc. It is impossible to convert *.big file to any other file format. You can use any utility and extract data from it. Some of these data can be converted to other formats.
Fifa File Explorer (Microsoft Windows)
FinalBIG (Microsoft Windows)
Game Extractor (Microsoft Windows)
MultiEx Commander (Microsoft Windows)
Dragon UnPACKer (Microsoft Windows)
FinalBIG (Microsoft Windows)
FinalBIG (Microsoft Windows)
Fifa File Explorer (Microsoft Windows)
FinalBIG (Microsoft Windows)
Game Extractor (Microsoft Windows)
MultiEx Commander (Microsoft Windows)
Dragon UnPACKer (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 16 (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 15 (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 11 (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 13 (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 14 (Microsoft Windows)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 (Microsoft Windows)
Need for Speed - Hot Pursuit (Microsoft Windows)
Need for Speed SHIFT (Microsoft Windows)
Need For Speed Underground (Microsoft Windows)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010 (Microsoft Windows)
NHL 08 (Microsoft Windows)
NHL 2002 (Microsoft Windows)
NBA LIVE (Microsoft Windows)
Command and Conquer: Generals (Microsoft Windows)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Microsoft Windows)
The Lord of the Rings: Battle for the Middle Earth (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA World Cup (Microsoft Windows)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 (Microsoft Windows)
Need for Speed Undercover (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 2001 (Microsoft Windows)
FIFA 2000 (Microsoft Windows)
MultiEx Commander (Microsoft Windows)
Command and Conquer: Red Alert (Microsoft Windows)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Microsoft Windows)
Command and Conquer (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Text file
Date updated: October 26, 2018
The big file extension is associated with the Chinese BIG5 (Big-5) format used to encode traditional Chinese characters to text files. It is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
The big file contains text encoded in BIG-5 format.
Use compatible tools to work with *.big files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: August 9, 2018
The big file extension is also used in Homeworld and Homeworld 2 computer games developed by Relic Entertainment.
These Relic .big archives are in different format than EA BIG archives, but serve same purpose. They contain various resources used in the game, such as graphics, sounds, texts, maps etc.
You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.
These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.
Homeworld (Microsoft Windows)
Homeworld 2 (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The big file extension is associated with the GPS navigation software developed by French tire manufacture called Michelin. The .big file contains map image.
It can be also viewed in the Xnview picture image editor and manager.
These files can be opened in XnView.
Possibly can be exported to other formats.
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: July 16, 2019
The big file extension is often used by video games based on Jade video gaming engine, like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time an adventure game for Windows and video gaming consoles.
the big file stores audio data.
You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.
These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Microsoft Windows)
Beyond Good & Evil (Microsoft Windows)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Multiplatform)
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