User blog comment:Marvel.Avengers.Universe/Daredevil: End of Days???/@comment-1713281-20121231010035/@comment-3034314-20121231013516

Plus, Kingpin is dead in this reality, killed by Daredevil after he returned to the States.

Bendis said it was intended to be canon, but delays and out of date story elements (like the aforementioned return of Kingpin) forced it to be placed in an alternate timeline.