'The purpose of the Star Wars Battlefront Closed Alpha is to perform a number of technical tests that will help the team at DICE as they continue the development of the game,' reads the email from EA. The Battlefront alpha will be available only through EA's Origin service on PC. Star Wars Battlefront developer EA DICE is launching closed alpha testing of the game on Windows PC, and the company has begun sending out alpha invites, according to an email from EA that was forwarded to Polygon.