An mpq file extension is used for game resource archives in games created by Blizzard Entertainment, such as Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo III or World of Warcraft.
Software that open mpq file
MPQ file extension - Blizzard Entertainment game archive
What is mpq file? How to open mpq files?
The mpq file extension is used for mpq archives used by many games developed by Blizzard Entertainment, like Starcraft and Diablo. MPQ (Mo'PaQ) is short for Mike O'Brien Pack.
The mpq files are used exclusively in Blizzard's games and contain various game resource data (including graphics, sounds, and level data). The format's capabilities include compression, encryption, file segmentation, extensible file metadata, cryptographic signature and the ability to store multiple versions of the same file for internationalization and platform-specific differences.
MPQ archives can use a variety of compression algorithms which may also be combined.
Supported compression algorithms:
- PKZIP
- Huffman
- bzip2
- LZMA
In some Blizzard video games, for example Warcraft III, in-game cinematics are using *.mpq file extension, but there aren't archived with MPQ format. There are stored in AVI video format encoded by DivX video codec. Only .avi extension is renamed to .mpq.
The default software associated to open mpq file:
Company or developer:
Ladislav Zezula
A small program used to browse and perform other operations with MPQ archives found in many games developed by Blizzard, such as Diablo or Starcraft series.
Company or developer:
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
StarCraft II is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X worldwide on July 27, 2010.
Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II will present a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue.
Company or developer:
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Diablo III is a dark fantasy action RPG and third installment in popular Diablo franchise developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 2012. The game takes place in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the Diablo series, which was saved twenty years prior by a handful of unnamed heroes in Diablo II.
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Software that open mpq file - Blizzard Entertainment game archive
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