Joycast Co., Ltd. was a South Korean video game publisher and developer. They operated under the name Joycast Entertainment. They were founded with the idea of expanding the video game market in South Korea and took the establishment of Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc. (SCEK) and the announcement of the PlayStation 2's release in 2002 as their chance to move into video game development. Their first game was Manic Game Girl for the PlayStation. They planned to develop 3 more games after that for PlayStation 2 and were among the first companies in South Korea to get a license for that system.