Epic Games' creation was only bested by the wonderfully delicious Raspberry Pi

Jul 1, 2014 14:51 GMT  ·  By

Unreal Engine 4 managed to beat the scores of every other engine out there, winning the title of number one video game engine in the Develop 100: The Tech List, and coming in second position overall.

The top piece of technology in the list is the Raspberry Pi, a credit card-sized computer that is also very affordable and moddable, and will soon take the world by storm.

The mini-computer was designed by a non-profit organization, built to encourage children to study computers and computer programming, and it's selling like hot cakes, because tech-savvy people are able to do all kinds of crazy stuff with it, from building a home-made smartphone to creating a camera that snaps animated gifs or even monitoring penguins and African wildlife, guarding it against poachers.

The second best piece of technology in the world, as voted on by more than 45 various chief technology officers, prominent indie developers and other industry experts is Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4, followed by Unity 5 at number 3, CryEngine at number 11, Havok Engine at number 17, Gamemaker Studio at 35, PhyreEngine at number 44, Fabric Engine at number 46, Shiva Engine at number 47, Turbulenz Engine at number 57, HeroEngine at number 69, Goo Engine at number 75, Leadwerks Engine at number 78 and SGX Engine at number 98.

Other prominent pieces of technology were the Oculus Rift, ranking at number 4, the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system from Sony at number 5, the Xbox One all-in-one entertainment system from Microsoft at number 7, Google Glass at position 13, and Project Morpheus at position 18, and complemented by the Virtuix Omni omnidirectional treadmill at spot 67, and the Cyberith Virtualizer at position 93.

The first showing from Nintendo is also the first handheld device in the top, the Nintendo 3DS, at spot 21, followed by Sony' PlayStation Vita portable console at number 24, and the Wii U at number 32.

The Nvidia Shield microconsole shows up at position 36, followed by the Ouya at number 56, showing that although their sales are not exactly up to par with their bigger brothers, they still get some love and respect from the tech community.

The top also features a ton of middleware and tools that are usually used in tandem with the game engines to create the masterpieces that the gaming industry is able to churn out, such as Enlighten, a fully dynamic lighting tech that was used in Battlefield and Need for Speed Rivals, and is being used in the making of the new Mirror's Edge game from EA.

If you're curious to see what other pieces of technology were featured in this years' Develop 100: The Tech List, you can browse the whole thing right here, complete with descriptions.